dkar rtsi

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.

དཀར་རྩི
whitewash, white-paint. lint. 1) whitewash. 2)lint [RY]

1) white pigment tshon rtsi; 2) white earth, whitewash, lime to be painted on houses etc and med; 3) cattle glo nad and hon nad med; 4) oil to be poured on torma [IW]

1) white pigment tshon rtsi; 2) white earth, whitewash, lime to be painted on houses etc and med [sweet, astringent, by its powers sha rus la zhen pa'i nad 'gog par nus]; 3) cattle glo nad and hon nad med [phog skabs nad phog zin pa'i phyug kha chung zhig gi khrag dang, equally mixed with the blood of a rabbit te nad ma phog pa'i gnag phyugs rnams nad yang ba dang, thar thub pa'i ched du ster rgyu'i 'gog sman zhig]; 4) oil to be poured on torma) [IW]

whitewash, astrology, lime, white paint, kind of coarse cotton cloth, lint, white muslin [JV]

(med) Lime powder, Whitewash (Drungtso 1999, Yeshi 2018).
Synonyms : mchod rten na bza' (Shel gong) sa dkar, dkar rag, rdo dkar (Yeshi 2018) sa rtsi (Das 1902).
Skt.: śveta mṛttikā (Dash)

dkar rtsis sha rus zhen pa'i nad 'gogs byed / zhes pa / tshon du 'gro ba'i lho bun byung na bzang / ma rnyed na ras gzhi 'dul rtsi nyan ba'i sa dkar te / gang yang zhag rtsi chags pa bzang / 'di la mchod rten na bza' yang zer // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 142.3)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (32_084) dkar rtsi

Natural earth medicine. Whitewash is a solution of slaked lime (Calcium hydroxyde, Ca(OH)₂). With the Carbon dioxide in the air it transforms slowly into calcium carbonate or lime. It is the latter which is used. For the rock limestone see cong zhi.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 10:49, 25 February 2024 (EST)