da byid

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ད་བྱིད
lizard [RY]

lizard [animal med.] [IW]

lizard, also animal medicine [of many kinds, gangs sbal is the strongest, skyin gor the middle, rtsangs pa the worst syn: te'u le ba dang, bdag skyes, sa 'dzin, sa 'dzin skyes] [IW]

lizard [JV]

(med) Mountain or Stream salamander (Batrachuperus sp) (Drungtso 1999).
Synonyms : gangs sbal, sro ma seng ge, stobs skyed, mu tig gso can, phu'i rgyal po ('Jam-dpal), dwa byid (Drungtso 1999), da byid smug po, gang sbal (Yeshi 2017)

gangs sbal ni / da byid / sro ma seng ge / stobs skyed / mu tig gso can / phu'i rgyal po zer / bai sngon man 'grel du / yang pho sbal mchod rten gyi ri mo dang gser gyi smin ma can mjug ma'i ri mo gyen du bstan pa la da byid smug po ngo bo pho yin kyang rnam pa mo sbal cha mtshungs / padma'i ri mo dang g.yu'i smin ma can mjug ma'i ri mo thur du bstan pa nags sbal du grags pa la da byid ser po zhes bya'o // zhes dang / lhan thabs nas / de yang mdog smug sngo dmar ser ljang gi mig lam 'tsher zhing mgrin thung chu zheng gab / bcad na tshil bu'i rang bzhin da byid smug / ser skya 'od che bzang rigs cung zad dmar / mgrin dang mjug ma ring ba da byid ser // khyad par da byid smug po mchog tu gsungs // zhes dang / mkha' 'gro gtad rgya'i rgya mdud las / pho ni gangs kyi stod na gnas // mo ni rgya mtsho'i gting na gnas // dbar zla gsum gyi tshe gsum nas // nyi shu gsum gyi bar la 'jug // 'dod pa ma spyad pho nus che // spyad tshar nus pa mo che'o // zhes dang / shel phreng las / 'di rigs dkar smug gnyis yod / ske thung la mig dmar zhing / mdog smug sngo dmar ljang sogs la thig le sna tshogs yod pa bcad na tshil bu'i rang bzhin da byid smug po yin / lus dang mgrin pa ring la ser skya 'am dmar skya 'od che ba tshil khams snga ma las cung chung ba da byid ser po'i dkar po yin / gang yang ze ba dang smin ma rags shing lus phra pho / ze ba dang smin ma chung zhing lus spom mgrin pa thung ba mor bshad / de'i 'dul tshul mang du shad pa'ang sman bu bzhin na sbrul sha ltar 'dul dgos / bshad rgyud las / da byid sha yis mkhal rked grang ba sel // zhes dang man rgyud las / sman ni sha'i rgyal po da byid de / lus kyi stobs skyed khu ba 'phel mchog yin / zhes so // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 250)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (30_039) da byid sha. 'Jam-dpal (print p 250) gangs sbal

The illustrations in the Medical Thangkas don't distinguish between sbal pa and da byid, they show toad-like species without tail. Drungtso translates da byid as 'male white snow frog', giving the scientific name Batrachuperus pinchonii, Mountain salamander.
Jam-dpal's illustration in the notice gangs sbal - where he gives da byid as a synonym - depicts a salamander-like animal. Quoting different sources, he discriminates between a male pho sbal and a female mo sbal. According to colours, they are of different qualities, the purple or brown one considered superiour. da byid smug po is identified with Western Chinese mountain salamander, Batrachuperus pinchonii, of brown to olive colour (Yeshi 2017). B. tibetanus is dark yellow.
gangs sbal / da byid / pho sbal seem to indicate salamanders, wheras mo sbal / sbal pa in the medicinal context indicate the toad-groupe of frogs. Toad is a common name for certain frogs, associated with drier, rougher skin, stouter body, shorter legs and more terrestrial habitats. Thus sbal pa and da byid would covers the 2 main groups of the 3 which make up the amphibians : frogs and salamanders.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 15:16, 15 February 2024 (EST)