gro ga

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གྲོ་ག
birch[-bark] [IW]

white birch bark used for writing charms on [JV]

bark of the birch, tree, birch, white birch bark [RY]

(med) Birch trees
Synonyms : stag pa, dong ga (Molvray 1988) phrags pa mnyen shing, tshad pa'i shing, gro ga yi ge'i gzhi ('Jam-dpal)
Sanskrit : bhūrja (Dash 1989) bhūrja, bahulavalkala (Pandanus), bhūrjakā (Wojtilla 2002)

stag pa ni / phrags (grags?) pa mnyen shing / tshad pa'i shing zer ba dang / pags par gro ga yi ge'i gzhi zer / shing chen po'i sdong po shin tu drang ba dkar mnyen phyi nang mang du phye btub pa 'khrul med pa'o / bai sngon las / rna ba'i nad la phan par byung // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 123)

Illustrations : 'Jam-dpal (print p 123)

1. Betula pendula subsp. mandshurica (Regel) Ashburner & McAll. (Betulaceae) Silver birch (Wangyal 2020)
2. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis (Burkill) Ashburner & McAll. (Betulaceae) Himalayan birch (Wangyal 2020). Reported name gro ga smug po.

gro ga or stag pa according to regions. The synonym dong ga is identified with other trees.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 03:36, 14 April 2024 (EDT)