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ར
goat, at, figure 25, dative-locative particle, goat, adverbializing particle [JV]

1) RA; 2) particle; 3) superscript/ subscript ra mgo/ra btags; 4) goat; 5) adv. = la; 6) corral, enclosure, pen, yard [IW]

(sman 1) Goat (Capra hircus) (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)
Synonyms : ag tshom can, tshe tshe ('Jam-dpal)

ra ni/ ag tshom can/ tshe tshe zer/ rgyud las/ ra yi mchin pas mig la mchog tu phan/ ra yi khrag gis reg dug 'brum nag sel// dpa' bo'i klad de/ ra klad chu thus chad pa gso// ra thug rmongs spus lhog pa 'joms// zhes dang / shel sgong las/ ra yi mchin pas srin sel mig la phan// zhes pa ltar ra sha yang [ya?] ma sogs srin la phan par gsal lo/ (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 245)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_071) ra (23_097) ra sha (23_128) ra mar (24_031) ra'i 'o ma (30_042) ra'i mchin (30_058) ra khrag (30_070) ra'i klad pa (30_093) ra thug rmong spu (33_043) (33_090) ra thug po'i brun/ thug 'bras/ chu sbre zhes mtshan mar chags pa'i dreg pa (33_091) ra dkar po'i rwa ru rtse gyas pa (33_092) ra rog gi gny'a khrag/ ril ma/ lkog spu (33_093) ra ser rgya'i sna khrag (33_094) ra gang byung gi tshil/ slo zhes btso/ pags pa/ snying/ mcher pa/ rwa gzhob/ 'o ma/ re bal/ re'u mas ma ldags pa'i klad pa/ glo ba. 'Jam-dpal (print p 245) ra. dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1995) ill. 782

The Domestic goat, Capra hircus, most likely descended from C. aegagrus which is from Central Asia (animaldiversity.org).

(sman 2) Himalayan Goral (Naemorhedus goral) (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)
Himalayan Thar (Hemitragus jemlahicus) (Paljor 2018)

ra rgod ni/ brag la gnas te ra lta bu sngo smug spu ring ba/ rwa yang ra 'dra ba'o/ de'i sha'i nus pa gong song / bdud rtsi zil dkar las/ snying khrag gis rma la phan par gsungs shing spyir khrag kyang rma la phan par nges// (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print 233)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_037) ra rgod (33_042) ra rgod sha. 'Jam-dpal (print p 233) ra rgod. dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1995) ill. 783

'Wild goat', ra rgod, is a very general term. It includes a number of genera and species. dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1995) identifies it with the Himalayan Goral, a small goat found on rocky hillsides at high elevations, their territories often coinciding with those of the closely related serow (rgya). Paljor (2018) gives the Himalayan tahr, a large goat living on the southern slopes of the Himalaya. The image in the Medical Thangkas comes close to a Goa, but it might also show a feral form of the domestic goat.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 09:31, 19 February 2024 (EST)