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mirror; crystal; crystal, crystalline, shel gyi sa gzhi pavements [in a palace], glass, mirror [RY]

glass, mirror, crystal, place in tibet, sugar [JV]

• crystal[ine], glass, mirror [IW]
  

(sman) Rock crystal (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1998)
Synonyms : s+pha ti ka, shel, pra b+ha s+'a ro, 'od gsal snying po, arka, nyi 'od, as+ma pra b+ha, rdo ba 'od gsal, parpa ta dza, ri skye, da ha no pa la, sreg byed, sha li pish+taM, sh+'a li'i phye, d+hau ta shi laM, sbyang sa rdo ba, gan+d+hi kaM, dri ldan, tsa la s+'a ra, rtsa ba'i snying po, ats+tsha, dangs pa, shud+d+ha shil shve ta, dag pa'i rdo dkar, gan+d+ha swa maM, zla ba'i dri, si ta pa laM, rdo ba dkar po (Shel gong)
Sanskrit : sphaṭika, dhautaśila (wisdomlib.org)

shel gyis snying byings 'thibs rmugs rmongs pa sel / zhes pa / s+pha ti ka zhes bya ba'i rin po che ste / 'di la rigs gsum las / spyi ming mngon brjod ni / s+pha ti ka / shel / pra b+ha s+'a ro / 'od gsal snying po / arka / nyi 'od / as+ma pra b+ha / rdo ba 'od gsal / parpa ta dza / ri skye / [090] da ha no pa la / sreg byed / sha li pish+taM / sh+'a li'i phye / d+hau ta shi laM / sbyang sa rdo ba / gan+d+hi kaM / dri ldan / tsa la s+'a ra / rtsa ba'i snying po / ats+tsha / dangs pa / shud+d+ha shil shve ta / dag pa'i rdo dkar / gan+d+ha swa maM / zla ba'i dri / si ta pa laM / rdo ba dkar po rnams ming gi grangs so / rigs gsum ni / s+pha ti ka dang / ya ba na dang / kirba na'o / s+pha ti ka ni dkar po'o / ya ba na ni cung zad sngo dangs chu'i mdog go / kirba na ni cung zad dmar ba'i cha yod pa ste / 'di gsum ka yul kong+ka na dang / sing ga la dang / kas+mi ra la sogs pa nas 'byung ngo / kun kyang dngul srang re la brgya phreng gsum re byed pa yin / rgya'i bzo mas ni tshab mi yong gsungs so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 089.5)

Illustrations : dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018 (n°030) me shel, Crystallum (n°031) shel (chu shel) Rock crystal

dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1998) does not identify ya ba na / chu shel and kirba na / me shel with Moonstone and Sunstone, but simply with Crystallum (or Crystal glass) and Rock crystal.
Quartz, Rock crystal (Silicon dioxide, SiO₂) is a transparent colourless variety of quartz (dkar gong).
The Indian name sphaṭika refers to crystal, with 2 subtypess, sūryakānta (me shel) and candrakānta (chu shel). dhautaśila refers also to rock crystal (wisdomlib.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 11:37, 1 March 2024 (EST)