rgya skyegs

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རྒྱ་སྐྱེགས
lac dye. & med from tree where lac insect lives [RY]

lac dye. and med from tree where lac insect lives [IW]

kind of resin, shellac, type of resinous lacquer [JV]

lac dye [RY]

(med) Stick lac
Synonyms : la'ksha, dza du, rakta, dzanta, skye ldan, ya' ba, a la gha, lo hi ta, kri mi dza, li tam, ke kshu, la kha, dru ma' ma ya, shing shod, ti lam, srin po'i khrag, lha mo'i zla mtshan, khyan 'jug ril ma, rgya skyegs, rgya skags, tshos, pho tshos (Shel gong)

rgya skyegs 'gram 'khrugs khrad nad tshad pa sel / zhes pa / ro skor las / rgya skags bsil la yang ba yin / khrag gis 'gegs pa'i sman yin no / zhes so / ming la / la'ksha / dza du / rakta / dzanta / skye ldan / ya' ba / a la gha / lo hi ta / kri mi dza / li tam / ke kshu / la kha / dru ma' ma ya / shing shod / ti lam / srin po'i khrag / lha mo'i zla mtshan / khyan 'jug ril ma / rgya skyegs / rgya skags / tshos / pho tshos rnams zer / don la shing keng shu ka'i tshi yin / btu dus nam zla'i dbang gis / gro tshos zhes dangs shas can dang / nag hrug ces dmar nag gnyis 'byung ngo / 'khrungs tshul ni / rgya skyegs shing dbyibs stag pa 'dra / me tog 'dab ma'i nang dmar la / rgyab nag ze 'bru ser po can / keng shu ka yi thang tshi yin / zhes so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 244.1)
rgya skyegs ni / rgya skeg / tshos zer / shing keng shu dbyibs stag pa 'dra ba me tog 'dab ma'i nang dmar rgya ba nag ze 'bru ser bu can gyi tshi ba ste / btu dus kyi khyad nas / dangs shas can la gro tshos / dmar nag la nag hrug ces pa gnyis so // ro skor las / rgya skyegs bsil la yang ba yin / khrag gis 'gegs pa'i sman yin no // zhes pas glo mkhal 'grams tshad sel // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 127)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (35_052) rgya skyegs. 'Jam-dpal (print p 127) gro tshos, nag hrug

A number of authors identify rgya skyegs with lac-producing insects like Kerria lacca, others with the raw lac itself or the host plants. The image in the Medical Thangkas recalls sticklac, the raw product after lac insects have colonized the branches of the host trees and secreted the resinous pigment. The coated branches of the host trees are cut and harvested as sticklac. The lac incrustations are then detached to obtain raw lac (rgya tshos), which is liquefied through heat to remove the impurities (bark scrapings, lac bugs), then dried and traded in form of flakes or cakes as Lac or Shellac (la cha)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 15:19, 18 March 2024 (EDT)