brag spos

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བྲག་སྤོས
lepisorus contortus, valeriana tangutica baatal., different kinds of miasma, aromatic substance used for incense [JV]

(med) Lepisorus spp (epiphytic ferns)
Synonyms : bre gu gser thig, blon po re ral, ra sa ya na, bya rgod rgyus 'byor, thang dkar bcad 'byor, mgo chag gsang ldum, ka ba rgyud gcod, thig khrab can, bra ba rgyu lug, gzig mjug pa, bye sbrul khra po, ru mthun pa (Shel gong)

brag spos rma 'drub rnag skem lha ba 'dzin / zhes par / ljon shing las / brag spos sha mdog 'gyur bar nus / zhes so / ming bre gu gser thig / blon po re ral / ra sa ya na / bya rgod rgyus 'byor / thang dkar bcad 'byor / mgo chag gsang ldum / ka ba rgyud gcod / thig khrab can / bra ba rgyu lug / gzig mjug pa / bye sbrul khra po / ru mthun pa rnams zer / 'khrung dper / blon po re ral brag gi ser khar skye / lo ma ljong sngon gyong la rtsub / 'og tu gser thig gzig mjug 'dra / dri mnam ro kha nus pa bsil / rma gso rnag skem mes tshig 'joms / dug tshad sel zhing mgo chag sbyor / zhes dang / ljon shing 'khrung dper / bre gu gser thig brag la yod / gser thig yod la dri yang zhim / byang khog stod sman sman du bzang / rma la btab na 'drub par byed / dug sogs mkhal rked tshad pa sel / zhes so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 265.4)
brag spos ni / blon po re ral / ra sa ya na / gzug mjug zer / brag gi ser khar skye ba'o / lo ma gcig la 'dab ma bzhi lnga tsam 'ong ba'i dbus ma ring zhing rak gri 'dra ba ljang sngon gyong rtsub rgyab skya la gser thig gis brgyan pas gzig mjug 'dra ste / dbyar dus brag la 'byar zhing / dgun dus sder mo ltar bskum pa'o // shel phreng las / dro mnam ro kha nus pa bsil // zhes pas rma ['drub rnag?] skem snya ba 'dzin // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 142)

Illustrations : Dawa 1999 (Lepisorus sp) brag spos rigs, (Platygyra sp) brag spos. 'Jam-dpal (print p 142) brag spos. 'Prin Las 1987 (31_070) gre gu ser thig

1. Lepisorus clathratus (C.B.Clarke) Ching (Polypodiaceae) (Wangyal 2020; Molvray 1988)
2. Lepisorus contortus (Christ) Ching (Polypodiaceae) (Wangchuk 2008 Bhutan)
3. Lepisorus thunbergianus (Keulf.) Ching (Polypodiaceae) ('Phrin Las 1987). Reported name gre gu ser thig (for the synonym bre gu gser thig ?).

Of the 3 types of ldum bu re ral, the Shel gong describes the first type, rgyal po re ral, in the notice ldum bu re ral itself. The second and third type of ldum bu re ral are described in the 2 subsequent notices. blon po re ral is described in the notice brag spos, where it is given as synonym. Similar for the third type of ldum bu re ral, btsun mo re ral. It is given as synonym for and described in the notice of brag skya ha bo. The first two types are describes and identified as ferns, the golden spots mentioned indicate certainly the sporangia. The third type is described as a flowering plant and identified accordingly, except for northern sources where one finds ferns. The Medical Thangkas are also ambiguous. Image 29_005, brag skya ha bo, shows a flowering plant, and 29_006, btsun mo re ral shes grags pa, depicts a fern.
Dawa (1999) gives basically the same textual description of brag spos for Lepisurus sp (a fern) and later for Platygyrus sp (a stony coral).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 15:02, 5 March 2024 (EST)