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lead, fragrant grass, cyperus rotundes, bud of a flower, ruby, cinnabar, metal lead [JV]

lead metal [medical uses dngul chu'i dug 'joms, sha ro gcod] [IW]

lead metal/ med. [IW]

lead [RY]

kind of metal/ med. [medical uses dngul chu'i dug 'joms, sha ro gcod] [IW]

kind of metal [medical uses dngul chu'i dug 'joms, sha ro gcod [IW]


(med) Lead (Yeshi 2018)
Synonyms : zha nye, zha ne, ro nye, tshon mo ta, klu nag, klu'i dbang po, nus ldan mche ba can nag (Shel gong) tson ma teng (Yeshi 2018)
Sanskrit : nāga (Dash 1989)

zha nyes dug 'joms sha ro gcod par byed / ces pa la ming / zha nye / zha ne / ro nye / tshon mo ta / klu nag / klu'i dbang po / nus ldan mche ba can nag rnams zer / 'di dngul rdo 'dra ba'i rdo las bab pa dang / dngul gyi thal gdan las 'bab pa dang / sa 'og nas thal gdan zhes pa'i rdo ljang ser rab tu lci ba las 'bab pa sogs yod pa gang yang bzhus pa'i khu ba ste / rdo khyad las dkar nag gnyis 'byung / 'phrul thal gyis zha nye rang la sbyar ba'i dug 'joms 'phrul thal la zhan dkar bzang / skra dang smar smin sogs dkar ba nag por gtong ba'i sbyor sde la nag po dgos / dngul chu 'ching bar gnyis ka cha mnyam bzang gsungs so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 112.2)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (31_016) zha nye

Native lead (Pb) is rare; lead is far more commonly found and mined as the lead sulphide mineral galena (see stang zil) (mindat.org).
The indian name nāga denotes mostly lead, but also tin (wisdomlib.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:28, 28 February 2024 (EST)