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ར
goat, at, figure 25, dative-locative particle, goat, adverbializing particle [JV]
1) RA; 2) particle; 3) superscript/ subscript ra mgo/ra btags; 4) goat; 5) adv. = la; 6) corral, enclosure, pen, yard [IW]
(med 1) Goat (Capra hircus) (Drungtso 1999, Yeshi 2017). Synonyms : ag tshom can, tshe tshe (Jam-dpal)
ra ni / ag tshom can / tshe tshe zer / rgyud las / ra yi mchin pas mig la mchog tu phan / ra yi khrag gis reg dug 'brum nag sel // dpa' bo'i klad de / ra klad chu thus chad pa gso // ra thug rmongs spus lhog pa 'joms // zhes dang / shel sgong las / ra yi mchin pas srin sel mig la phan // zhes pa ltar ra sha yang [ya?] ma sogs srin la phan par gsal lo / (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 271)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_071) ra (23_097) ra sha (23_128) ra mar (24_031) ra'i 'o ma (30_042) ra'i mchin (30_058) ra khrag (30_070) ra'i klad pa (30_093) ra thug rmong spu (33_043) (33_090) ra thug po'i brun / thug 'bras / chu sbre zhes mtshan mar chags pa'i dreg pa (33_091) ra dkar po'i rwa ru rtse gyas pa (33_092) ra rog gi gny'a khrag / ril ma / lkog spu (33_093) ra ser rgya'i sna khrag (33_094) ra gang byung gi tshil / slo zhes btso / pags pa / snying / mcher pa / rwa gzhob / 'o ma / re bal / re'u mas ma ldags pa'i klad pa / glo ba. Jam-dpal (pdf p 271) ra
Domestic goats, Capra hircus, most likely descended from C. aegagrus which is from Central Asia (animaldiversity.org).
(med 2) Wild goat
ra rgod ni / brag la gnas te ra lta bu sngo smug spu ring ba / rwa yang ra 'dra ba'o / de'i sha'i nus pa gong song / bdud rtsi zil dkar las / snying khrag gis rma la phan par gsungs shing spyir khrag kyang rma la phan par nges // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 259)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_037) ra rgod (33_042) ra rgod sha. Jam-dpal (pdf p 259) ra rgod
The 'wild goat', ra rgod, is a very general term. It includes a number of genera and species, like the Himalayan tahr, Hemitragus jemlahicus, living on the southern slopes of the Himalaya. According to the thangka image it might be a Goa, may be just a feral form of the domestic goat.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 09:31, 19 February 2024 (EST)