ku sha ban dha

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ཀུ་ཤ་བན་དྷ
gem which is said to possess the property of curing infectious diseases and plague [JV]

(med) Medicinal precious substances. Ripe fruits of the Kusha grass
Synonyms : zhu hu rdzing, ma na ho dkar po, dmar po, g.yang bre'u, bse ru dkar po, tar mi dkar po, tar mi smug po, tar mi khra bo (Shel gong)
Sanskrit : kuśa bheda (Dash 1989)

ku sha bha ndhas rims nad sel bar byed / ces pa / rgya gar nag du rtsva ku sha skyes pa la 'bras bu smin pa yong ba rin po cher bshad pa de yin la / 'ga' zhig ku sha bandha dung g.yas 'khril yin zer ba yod kyang khyab pa med pa 'dra'o / gzhan yang rgya nag gnas 'byung ba'i rin po che / zhu hu rdzing dang / ma na ho dkar po dang / dmar po dang / g.yang bre'u dang / bse ru dkar po dang / tar mi dkar po dang / tar mi smug po dang / tar mi khra bo rnams la spyir yon tan phyogs tsam las zhib pa ma mthong bas re zhig de tsam mo // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 099.2)

One distinguishes between the herb Kusha grass, ku sha, and the ripe fruits, ku sha ban dha, which are considered a medicinal precious substance. In the Shel gong, the latter concludes the section of non meltable precious substances.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 05:43, 30 March 2024 (EDT)