dung 'dra

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དུང་འདྲ
"conchlike" med. [mineral shaped like a white conch, by its power broken bones are joined, and mercury bound] [IW]

"conch-like" med. [IW]

(med) Medicinal stone. Shells

dung 'dras rus sbyor dngul chu 'ching bar byed / ces pa kha dog ma nges pa dung dkar ram 'bu skyogs ltar g.yon 'khyil mang la g.yas 'khyil srid mtha' tsam yong / g.yas 'khyil rdo'i nor bur bzung la / 'di byang gnam mtsho phyug mo'i mtsho nyin gyi do bar zhig tu mtsho rlabs kyis phyir 'phangs pa mang ba dang / rgya nag glang chen rtse'i bla ma rnams kyis byin rten du g.yas 'khyil gnang ba rnams ni byin rlabs kyang shin tu che bar mthong // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 127.1)

Shells (basically Calcium carbonate) of sea- or freshwater molluscs, similar to a conch, dung, or a 'bu skyogs (Chinese mystery snail).
The indian term kośastha, 'those which have a shell', comprises concheriferous animals like shankha, shankhanakha (a species of small bivalve molluscs), shukti, shambuka, bhalluka, etc. (wisdomlib.org).
The watersnail shells dung, shang ka shi la and 'gron bu as well as oystershells/mother of pearl (nya phyis) are classified as medicinal precious substances, the shells dung 'dra as medicinal stones and the mollusc 'bu skyogs (synonym dung 'dra) and na bun bu mo as medicinal animal.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 02:46, 28 February 2024 (EST)