sa zhag

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ས་ཞག
1) a soft earth; 2) food of the 1st kalpa; 3) mud where water has pooled [IW]

earth day [RY]

bitumen, rock oil, petroleum [JV]

(med) Clay (Yeshi 2018)
Synonyms : sa smyag (Jam-dpal) sa smug (Das 1902) sa myag ('Phrin Las 1987).
Sanskrit : mṛttikā (wisdomlib.org)

sa smyag tsha skrangs 'joms shing rgyu rtsi srung / zhes pa / sa'i rked pa'am/ brag gi gseng sogs su rim pas chags pa'i sa 'dam rdo med pa mar ltar snag la dam rtsi dang sa zhag kha rtsi chags pa myangs na zhim zhing za spro ba / kha dog dkar dmar ser sogs yong ba des tsha ba las gyur pa'i skrangs 'joms shing / byis pa sogs kyi rgyu ma'i rtsi srung bar byed pas dmar bshal la phan / sngags pas 'di las sa sngags byas na skrangs 'joms par sngags las sa nus pa mi chung ngo / ma rnyed na dbyar mtsho chung skam rjes kyis 'dam gyi khar sa zhag chags pas tshab rung bar bshad // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 142.4)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (32_040) sa myag

Natural earth medicine. Dark red earth (Das 1902). Clay is a fine-grained natural sediment, comprising clay minerals usually rich in silica and alumina and with certain amounts of quartz, iron and aluminium and organic matter. Clays are white or pale coloured when pure but appear in various colours from grey to black, green, yellow, brown or red when impure (mindat.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:06, 25 February 2024 (EST)