srin bya

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སྲིན་བྱ
screech owl; 'ug pa [RY]

owl?, asio otus linnaeus, demon-bird, nocturnal bird, owl [JV]

owl [IW]

owl, long-eared owl, screech owl, or nocturnal bird. Lit. "worm owl" (srin bu'i bya) or "ghost bird" (srin po'i bya), the latter being the usual reading, the ghastly associations surely due to the nocturnal activities of these birds. The exact species seems somewhat unclear, and more research is needed, but it is possibly Asio otus (otus linneaus), the northern long-eared owl, a species with a very large range extending across northern Eurasia as well as Mediterranean islands, northwestern Africa, the Middle East and northern Pakistan, with isolated populations in the Azores, China and Tibet. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]

(med) Little owl (Athena noctua)
Synonyms : 'byung bya, dur bya, 'ug chung ('Jam-dpal)

srin bya ni / 'byung bya / dur bya / 'ug chung zer / phug ron tsam yang dmar skya dkar thig can / dbyibs 'ug ba 'dra nyin mor mi mthong zhing sgra mi snyan pa'o // shel sgong las / srin bya'i sha yis gdon la phan // zhes gsungs // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 241)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (33_048) srin bya'i sha / sgro / klad pa. 'Jam-dpal (print p 241) srin bya

The illustration in the Medical Thangkas is vague, but the Eye Ornament clearly shows a small owl, like the Little owl (Athena noctua).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:32, 21 February 2024 (EST)