ka lan ta

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ཀ་ལན་ཏ
little bird, sparrow [IW]

1) Kalantaka bird. 2) sparrow [RY]

(med) Phoenix (Czaya 2017)
kalanta ni / shin tu ltas bzang gi dus su 'babs pa'i byi'u ste / lus che ba dang kha dog sna lnga'i sgro spu shin tu mdzes pa skad snyan pas rna can 'phrog pa dang / lding na bya byi'u thams cad rjes su 'brangs pa yin te / shel sgong las / de pho phug ron ka lanta ka'i mgos / ro tsa rem la rma gso rdzas 'gar mchog / ces so / skad snyan pa'i byi'u phug ron 'dra la ljang gu ka la pingga dang ma nor ba dgos so // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 249)

Illustrations : Jam-dpal (pdf 249) kalanta

Jam-dpal opens the animal section with the phoenix. He isn't really present in tibetan mythology or medicine. Yet, Jam-dpal describes also features of a real bird, not just a phoenix, and warns to not confuse the Kalanta bird with the mythical Kalapingga (half human half bird).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:48, 19 February 2024 (EST)