ldong ros

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ལྡོང་རོས
kind of mineral medicine, yellow earth used for painting walls of houses, realgar [JV]

realgar mineral medicine, yellow earth used to paint houses [IW]

(med) Realgar (Yeshi 2018)
Synonyms : ma na she la, ma ni tsha, dmar po dri ldan (Shel gong) man shel, gar mkhan ma, glu che ba (Yeshi 2018).
Sanskrit : manaḥśilā (Dash 1989, wisdomlib.org)

ldong ros ba babs rmen ngan rul ba gcod / zhes pa'i ldong ros la / rang byung pas / ldong ros gag pa'i sman mchog yin / gsungs / ming ni / ma na she la / ma ni tsha / dmar po dri ldan / zhes zer / rdo dmar ser li khri'i mdag can mu zi'i dri las khyad par dri ngan mnam pa / mer bsregs na dud pa ser po bcas 'ju ba de la rigs gnyis / dmar po shin tu dangs pas phyi nang mi bsgrib pa lta bu de mo / smug la sna thung ba pho ste / nga ma bzang la phyi ma dman no // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 129.2)

Illustration : 'Phrin Las (25_111) ldong ros

From Arabic "rahj al-gahr", powder of the mine. Realgar (Arsenic monosulfide AsS) is known as a mineral pigment in Byzantium. Upon exposition to light the red realgar changes into yellowish-brown pararealgar. It also gives the yellow orpiment (ba bla) as alteration product (mindat.org).
The indian name Manaḥśilā denotes Realgar and has three varieties : Śyāma (Śyāmikā), Rakta (Kaṇavīrā) and Khaṇḍikā (wisdomlib.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 02:42, 27 February 2024 (EST)