a shwa gan dha
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ཨ་ཤྭ་གན་དྷ
plant physalis flexuosalin [JV]
(med) Wintercherry, Ashwagandha
Synonyms : bri shi ka, sha ri ba, ka shwa kambha, ba spru, brda rnying du, thal 'bras (Shel gong), ba spru (Dawa 1999 ; Kletter 2001 ; Wangchuk 2011 ; Molvray 1988 T), thal 'bras (Kletter 2001), a shwa gan d+ha (Drungtso 1999)
Sanskrit : aśvagandhā, varāhakarṇī (Pandanus)
a shwa gandhas smad grang chu ser sel / zhes par / lcags phreng las / a shwa gandha dro la snyoms pas nus pa skyed / dang / rang byung pas / a shwa gandhas sha skyed la / zhes so / dpag bsam ljon shing las / a shwa gandhas chu ser 'dren / ro tsa smad kyi drod skyed nus / zhes gsungs / ming / bri shi ka / sha ri ba / ka shwa kambha / ba spru zer / brda rnying du / thal 'bras zer / 'di a shwa gandha / zhes rta'i dri mar bsgyur ba dang / a shwa kanda zhes rta'i tsher mar du bsgyur ba dang / de dag la skabs dbye sgra don sogs mang du bshad dgos par snang yang bshag go / 'khrungs dper / a shwa gandha rgya shod skye / rtsa ba thang phrom rtsa ba 'dra / lo ma sngo skya 'byar rtsi can / sdong bu tshegs pa mang pos brgyan / me tog dmar po mdzes pa'i tshul / ro ni mngar la tsha ba yin / nus pas smad kyi drod skyed cing / rtsa ba lnga yi mchog tu bshad / zhes so / 'di thang phrom pa'i tsha bor bshad la lo sdong sogs [263] phyogs dbyibs thang sho 'dra bas / rab 'bring tha ma gsum du phye ba'i rab me tog dkar po can yin / 'bring dmar po / tha ma me tog dmar nag can thang shor nye che bas gtong mi nyan gsungs so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 262.3)
ba spru ni / ashwa gandha zer / rgya shad sogs su skye lo sgor ljang skya 'byar rtsi can / rkang phra sdong po tshigs mang ba dbyibs thang sho 'dra / me tog dmar skya 'char ba'i rtsa ba thang phrom lta bu / ro tsha mngar ba'i me tog nas dkar po dmar skya dgos la dmar nag sman mi rung bar gsungs / da lta de'i rtsa ba thang phrom 'dra ba zhes par nor nas rgya nag gi gru le'u zhes pa 'bru gang g.yag snying 'dra ba'i rtsa ba ste / shin tu lci ba dkar spom thin hwa phin zhes par 'dzin pa rnams bzhad gad ltar ro / lcags phreng las / a shwa gandha dro la snyoms pas nus pa skyed / ces pas smad grang chu ser sel // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 140)
Illustrations : Dawa 1999. 'Phrin Las 1987 (30_003) a sho gandha mchog (30_004) dman pa. 'Jam-dpal (print p 140) ba spru
1. Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (Solanaceae) Wintercherry (Molvray 1988 Dh). Reported name ba dzi gan dha.
2. Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (Paeoniaceae) Paeony (Bolsokhoyeva 2007). Northern substitute in the Buryat tradition, it's roots replacing the roots of Withania somnifera (Bolsokhoyeva 2007)
3. Mirabilis himalaica (Edgew.) Heimerl (Nyctaginaceae) Umbrellawort (Wangyal 2020)
4. Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. (Asparagaceae) Chinese asparagus (Lama 2001 Dolpo). Reported name a so gan dha. Generally, the name for Asparagus is nye shing.
"It is classified into 3 varieties, the best with white flower, the medium with red and the last with dark red flower. The last one with dark red flower closely resembles thang phrom (Scopolia stramonifolia) and thus advised not to use in medicine" (Dawa 1999). thal 'bras (syn) due to the ash-like colour of the root bark. The sanskrit name refers to Withania somnifera (ba dzi gandha in Molvray)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 06:22, 12 March 2024 (EDT)