rams
This is the RYI Dictionary content as presented on the site http://rywiki.tsadra.org/, which is being changed fundamentally and will become hard to use within the GoldenDict application. If you are using GoldenDict, please either download and import the rydic2003 file from DigitalTibetan (WayBack Machine version as the site was shut down in November 2021).
Or go directly to http://rywiki.tsadra.org/ for more upcoming features.
རམས
indigo; having a monastic degree [JV]
indigo [dye] [IW]
indigo [RY]
(med) Indigo
Synonyms : ni la (Dash 1989)
Sanskrit : nīla (wisdomlib.org) nilinī (Dash 1989, Pandanus)
rams kyis mig dang mes tshig rma la phan / zhes par / rang byung pas / rams ni gdon gyi nad la phan / gsungs / rigs gsum ste / tshon rams dang / tshos rams dang / rkyags rams so / tshon rams yang zhing mkhregs la mthing nag dmar 'od chags pa bzang / tshos rams de las cung tsam sngo nag dmar 'od chung ba 'bring / rkyags rams sngo skya 'od med lci ba ngan / 'di 'ga' zhig gis seng ge'i brun yin smra yang mi 'thad de / seng ge mthong mkhan med par dkon la / rams rab tu mod pas so / kha cig shing gi khandra bshad kyang khanda'i nyams dbyibs med la / tshon gyi rnam dbye las sa yin par bshad pa dang / dngos kyang sa yin par mngon // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 141.2)
Natural earth medicine. Indigo is a plant extract from Indigofera species, but was traded in powder form which may explain it's consideration as earth medicine.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:18, 25 February 2024 (EST)