'khar ba

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'khar ba, 'khar ba, 'khar ba intr. v.; 1) [mendicant] staff, walking stick. 2) to be impeded. 3) bell metal bronze. Syn li. 4) gong, bell, an alloy composed mostly of copper. 5) water preserved in a bronze vessel [and said to possess healing properties]. 6) Kamsa [a king of Mathura.]; a walking stick [RY]

walking stick, staff, clutcheon, bell-metal, adhere to, stick to, gong, drum of bell-metal, large bell-metal disk, walking stick, cane [JV]

1) hold 2. walking stick/ staff, cane; 2) bronze/ bell metal * cast iron; 3) gong/ bell; 4) water preserved in a bronze vessel (said to possess healing properties; 5) Kamsa [arch] king of Mathura; 6) be impeded/ entangled/ caught [IW]

(med) Bronze (Yeshi 2018)
Sanskrit : kāṃsya (Dash 1989) ārakūṭa, paittala (wisdomlib.org)

'khar ba ra gan g.ya' yis mig nad sel / zhes pa'i 'khar ba la dkar [111] dmar gnyis yong ba'i rgyu khams tsha ba sogs nas 'byung ba'i gsha' dkar dang 'jus nas 'byung ba'i gsha' nag la zangs bdun skor bsres pas gsha' dkar nag so sor 'byung la / lar gsha' rigs kyi rgyu dang de bzhin zangs skor thang kha tshar ti tsha gser dngul la sogs bsre tshod kyi dbye bas li 'khar dang / li la dkar ser dmar gsum / de la yang mdog li skad li gnyis / skad li la dkar ser gnyis / 'khar ba dkar ser dmar nag bzhi sogs kyi lag len skor thang bdag gis byas pa logs su gsal / de'i 'khar dkar 'dul ma sman dang sbyar nas mig la byugs pa dang / 'khar dmar g.ya' sag tu slong nas rngo shu la byugs pas phan pa myong grub po // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 110.6)

Bronze (copper-tin alloy, CuSn). Bronze, 'khar ba (copper-tin alloy), and Brass, rag/ra gan, 'khro and li (copper-zinc alloy) have a similar use, and both are called bell-metal.
The indian names kāṃsya, ārakūṭa and paittala denotes bell-metal, and in particular, bronze (wisdomlib.org)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 04:26, 28 February 2024 (EST)