so bya

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phalacrocorax carbo sinensiks blumenbach, aquatic bird [JV]

large black fish eating water bird [IW]

(med) Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (Czaja). Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (David Holler, Tibetbirds.com)
Synonyms : chu bya, so to rog po ('Jam-dpal)

so bya ni / chu bya / so to rog po zer / lhan mchan las / nya za ba'i bya nag po zhes dang / shel phreng las / chu bya so tho nag po de la so yod pas so bya zer / zhes dang / ngang pa tsam nag po mchu lcags kyu 'dra la ske rkang phra ring khong du pho ba rgyu ma gang yang med cing nya za ba'o // rgyud las / so bya'i sgro yis chu 'gags 'bigs // zhes so // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 259)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_089) so bya (30_089) so bya'i sgro (33_141) so bya'i rus pa / sha khu / gre ba. 'Jam-dpal (print p 259) so bya

so bya usually denotes the Cormorant, but the thangka image in Phrin Las is the Common Merganser, Mergus merganser. so bya, 'tooth bird', the beak has the form of a toothlike saw (David Holler). The Common merganser is shown under the name chu bya ir mo in Tibetbirds.com
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 12:24, 23 February 2024 (EST)