yung ba

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ཡུང་བ
turmeric, place in 'phan yul, curcuma longa, turmeric [JV]

1) turmeric [yellow color]; 2) yung ba [IW]

(med) Turmerics
Synonyms : sga ser, 'jam dpal mdog, zer cig, hing li (Shel gong), ser po (Molvray 1988), yungs ba (Molvray 1988)

yung bas dug sel rul gcod gnyan nad 'joms / zhes par / rang byung pas / yung bas gzhang 'brum sel ba'i mchog / ces gsungs / ming / yung ba / sga ser / 'jam dpal mdog zer / rgya nag pas / zer cig / phrom du / hing li zer / 'khrungs dper / yung ba khrag can zhes bya ba / lho rong bzang po'i yul nas skye / lo ma sgog skya'i lo ma 'dra / rtsa ba'i phyi shun sga dmar 'dra / nang ni dmar ser mdangs dang ldan / ro ni yid tsam kha la tsha / rang gi nus pas dug nad sel / zhes pa ro tsha la snum pa bul tog dang rdo zho rnams phrad na khrag mdog 'byung ba'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 255.5)

Illustrations : Dawa 2009. yung ba. 'Phrin Las 1987 (27_040) yung ba (34_046) yung ba. 'Jam-dpal (print p 136) yung ba

1. Curcuma longa L. (Zingiberaceae), Turmeric (Wangyal 2020). Sanskrit : haridrā (Dash 1989, Pandanus, Wojtilla 2002), varavarṇinī (Pandanus)
2. Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (Zingiberaceae), Wild turmeric (Molvray 1988 P). Reported name bong nga ser po, a name for aconites ! Sanskrit : āraṇyaharidrā, vanaharidrā (Panadanus). Cited from northern sources
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 17:05, 2 March 2024 (EST)