seng ge

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སེང་གེ
lion. singha; lion, simha [RY]

lion, panthera leo linneas, 1 of 'jigs pa rnam par brgyad, (1 of khyim bcu gnyis) [JV]

1) king of beasts, lion; 2) place [IW]

(med) Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica). Synonyms : gdong lnga, ri dwags rgyal po, 'phrog byed (Jam-dpal)
seng ge ni / gdong lnga / ri dwags rgyal po / 'phrog byed zer / rgya gar las 'byung / khyi nas che tsam ser ljang spu ring ba / stobs shin tu che zhing skad kyis ri dwags thams cad 'jigs par byed pa ste dkar po shin tu dkon par gsungs / de'i shas gdon la phan // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 262)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (33_039) seng ge'i sha. Jam-dpal (pdf p 262) seng ge

Jam-dpal's illustration shows a Snow lion. Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) belong to the single remaining subspecies in this region. Once roaming from Greece to central India, Asiatic lions persist in the teak forest in the small Gir Forest preserve of northwest India. It differs from the African lion by a less developed mane (wikipedia).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 04:42, 20 February 2024 (EST)