mon sran gre'u

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མོན་སྲན་གྲེའུ

kind of pea growing in sub-himalayas, phaseolus radiatus [JV]

a kind of sran ma from Mon Phaseolus radiatus [IW]

(med) Urad beans
Synonyms : ma sha ('Jam-dpal)
Sanskrit : māṣa (Pandanus, Wojtilla 2002) 'bean marked with black and grey spots', mudga (Wojtilla 2002)

mon sran gre'u zhes bya ma sha ni / snum pas rlung sel khu stobs bad mkhris skyed / (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 411.5)
ma sha ni / mon sran de'u zer / bai sngon las / kha dog thal ka rdo rje 'dra la leb mo zhes [gsungs?] pa'o // rgyud las / ma sha [?] 'joms bad mkhris khu stobs 'phel / zhes pa lho mon nas 'ong ba'o // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 241)

Illustrations : 'Jam-dpal (pdf p 241) ma sha

1. Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper (Fabaceae) Black gram, Urad bean (Molvray 1988). Different from Green gram or Mung beans (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek). Both grow naturally in India.
2. Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Fabaceae) Common bean (Wangyal 2020). Common beans are of Central american origin. Introduced in the beginning of the 16th century in Europe, and possibly in the same century in India.

The pulses, sran ma, described in the Shel gong comprise sran chen dkar po (Soya bean), sran ril (Pea), sran leb (Lentil), mon sran dkar po (Hyacinth bean), mon sran gre'u (Urad bean), bal sran and rgya sran (Broad bean) as well as sran ma'i me tog.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 06:56, 10 March 2024 (EDT)