yug
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piece of cloth, SA yud [JV]
1) whole/ uncut piece/ roll of cloth; 2) circumference, horizon khyon, mu khyud, khor yug)/ yud [IW]
a piece of cloth [RY]
(med) Red ochre (Phrin Las 1987).
Synonym : yugs rdo, smug rdo, rde'u khrag ldag (Shel phreng) sin dhu ra (Drungtso 1999)
lig bu mig dang de bzhin btsag yugs rnams / ... / yugs ni / rang byung pas / smug gis rma yi chu ser skem / gsungs par ming / yugs rdo / smug rdo / rde'u khrag ldag zer / rdo smug po lci la 'jam pas shog bu ur byed rung ba / 'od can dbyibs zlum pa la leb 'jong sogs cung ma nges pa / ri mo dmar smug dod pa / rgyu mtshan gser sa 'og nas 'bud pa'i mu la yugs bas / rde'u 'di gar yod du gser yod par ngos 'dzin nas gser rkos pa rnams sa 'dir brkos na gser yod par khyab / 'dir yugs rdo 'bud cing 'dug ces gleng bas gsal / kha cig tu btsag yugs gcig par mdzad nas / ngos sa sngon la bzung ba nor // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 132.1)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (25_123) yug
Several names and notices in the Shel phreng deal with iron oxides, often identified with Limonite : lcags rdo in the meltable medicinal stone section, gru bzhi, btsag, yug and rdo mkhris within the non-meltable medicinal stones, and sin dhu ra in the medicinal earth section. The important iron ore Hematite (smug po sbal rgyab) is found with the non-meltable medicinal stones.
Ochre is a name given to a great variety of earthy minerals, usually mixtures of fine-grained oxides/hydroxides. Mostly Iron ochre, but also Antimony Ochre, Bismuth Ochre, Lead Ochre and Molybdic Ochre. Iron ochre is a very fine grained mixture of iron oxides (mostly goethite or limonite, sometimes with hematite, often admixed with clays and other minerals (mindat.org)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 07:46, 27 February 2024 (EST)