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karnikara, Pterospermum acerifolium, med. tree/ fruit [IW]

karnikara, pterospermum acerifolium, med. tree/ fruit [sweet, cooling, by its power mchin nad and byis pa'i mkhris nad etc 'jam por sbyong bar byed syn: 'khor lo 'dra dang, rgyal po'i shing, nad 'joms, me tog phreng ba, zhi byed, lo ma bzang, sor mo bzhi pa] [IW]

pterospermum acerifolium tree, mild purgative fruit [JV]

(med) Golden shower tree
Synonyms : kandi ka ra, shya' ma ka ra, nya sha ka, sha myang ka, a ra kta, ra' dza briksha, ljon shing gi rgyal po (Shel gong), bdud rtsi gsar bu ('Jam-dpal)
Sanskrit : āragvadha (Dash 1989, Pandanus), kṛtamāla (Pandanus)

dong gas mchin nad sel shing 'jam por 'khru / zhes par / lcags phreng las / dong gtshal drod skyed lci ba'i mchog / ces dang / bdud rtsi thigs par / dong ga cha snyoms bag tsam rlan pas 'khru / mnyes ba'i khu bas yan lag skrangs pa sel / zhes dang / rang byung pas / dong ga smug pos sbyong bar byed / dong ga'i shing gis dug la phan / zhes gsungs / ming / kandi ka ra / shya' ma ka ra / nya sha ka / sha myang ka / a ra kta / ra' dza briksha / ljon shing gi rgyal po nams zer / 'khrungs dper / sman mchog dong ga zhes bya ba / dben la drod che'i sa las skye / lo ma me tog che ba la / rang nyid shing gzhan la 'khril skye / 'bras bu long ka khrag brkangs 'dra / ro ni mngar la yid tsam tsha / rang gi nus pas nad rnams sbyong / zhes pa'i gang bu smug po'i nang du tshigs mtshams rer 'bras bu dkar po 'od can re yod pa de gtong ba yin / brang ti pas / dong ga'i tshigs pa re re'i 'bar / byis pa 'khru byed re re yod / mchin dug sbyong ba'i gsang sman yin / gsungs / 'dra dper / dong ga mi brgyags rtags [203] 'greng 'dra / zhes dang / 'dra yig tu / dong ga khrag rgyu nag po 'dra / zhes so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 202.3)

Illustrations : Dawa 1999. 'Phrin Las 1987 (27_080) don ga (35_072) dong ga. 'Jam-dpal (print p 091)

1. Cassia fistula L. (Fabaceae) Golden shower tree (Dawa 1999, Wangyal 2020). The Shel gong describes a climber, which is not correct (Dawa 1999).
2. Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd. (Malvaceae) Karnikara tree, Bayur Tree (Molvray 1988 D). Synonym : dong kha (Molvray 1988 D). Sanskrit : karṇikarā (Wojtilla (2002).
3. Gleditsia sinensis Lam. (Fabaceae) Chinese honeylocust (Molvray 1988 G,H). Cited from northern sources.
4. Ceratonia siliqua L. (Fabaceae) Carob tree (Molvray 1988 G,P). Cited from northern sources.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 13:02, 15 March 2024 (EDT)