zangs

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copper; a copper (pot); cauldron [RY]

1) copper [R]; 2) (met) gold; 3) cauldron, kettle; 3) unobstructed [IW]

copper cauldron, brass, copper, kettle, unhindered, unobstructed [JV]

1) copper; 2) gold; 3) cauldron, kettle; 3) unobstructed [IW]

(sman) Copper (dGa ba'i rdo rje 1995)
Synonyms : sh+'u lam, wa rish+Tha, d+y+wash+Tha, dumwa ra, zangs ma, sbu g+'a go, nyi ma'i lus, rish+ThaM, 'jon dmar, u dum+ba, dmar mchog, rak+ti, dmar po, bad+yash+ThaM, gnyis brgyad, m+letstsha mu khaM, kla klo'i kha, mu ni brte laM, lo hi t+'a ya: lcags dmar, sa ri traM, yongs skyob, shu lba ba, si hi ra, tam me ha ra, dmar thal, dmar rug, rdzas si (Shel gong) t+'a mraM, zangs dmar (dGa ba'i rdo rje 1995)
Sanskrit : tāmra (Dash 1989)

zangs kyis rnag skem glo mchin tsha ba sel / zhes dang / rang byung pas / zangs kyis dmu rdzing skem par byed / ces dang / man ngag tu / zangs ni ro mngar zhu rjes dang / nus bsil glo ba'i rnag chu skem / zhes pa'i ming ni / sh+'u lam / wa rish+Tha / d+y+wash+Tha / dumwa ra / zangs ma / sbu g+'a go / nyi ma'i lus / rish+ThaM / 'jon dmar / u dum+ba / dmar mchog / rak+ti / dmar po / bad+yash+ThaM / gnyis brgyad / m+letstsha mu khaM / kla klo'i kha / mu ni brte laM / lo hi t+'a ya: lcags dmar / sa ri traM / yongs skyob / shulba ba / si hi ra / zhes rnams dang / yul skad du / tam me ha ra / gab ming du / dmar thal / brda rnying du / dmar rug / hor gyis / rdzas si rnams ming ste / 'di la rigs ni / mchog gcig / phal pa gnyis dang gsum 'byung / mchog ni / |107] rang byung zangs zhes sa 'og nas rang byung gser ltar 'byung / da lta bod du lha rtse dang gtsong jo nang gi nye cha zhig tu yod par grags / phal pa gnyis ni / rdo las 'byung ste / rin chen spungs pa las / zangs ni [sang ma ?] dag las 'byung / zhes pas spang mthing dang zangs rdo phan [tshun ?] rgyud gcig par mthong / don la rdo bzhu ba kho nas 'byung / de yang kha dog dmar nag gyong la / brdungs tshe skad ngan ba la lcags zangs sam pho zangs / dmar la mnyen pa brdungs tshe skad bzang ba la gser zangs sam mo zangs yin / zangs rdo slad yod pa dug can te / de ni seg brdar gyis brdar phyer rgya tsha chang bcas sbyar nas dkar yol nang na yun du bzhag tshe zhu nas spang ma ltar gyur pa chus bkrus pas ma zhu ba'i rdo nag lci ba snyigs mar lus pa'i zangs de spang bya'o / sman gyi skabs su phal cher thal sman byad gos / rang byung pas / zangs thal chu ser ma lus sel / zhes dang / rin chen skabs su / zangs thal med na lus la rngul mi chags / zhes dang / man ngag tu / zangs thal rnag dang chu ser skem / zhes so / skabs 'gar / - zangs dreg ces pa ni / zangs mgar pas bsregs la brdungs pa'i dreg pa yin / 'dis 'or dmu chu glo rnag lus kyi chu ser skem la tshab nad la phan / zangs snod mes gdungs pa'i dreg pa la byed pa nor ro // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 106.4)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (25_033) rang byung zangs (25_034) rdo bzhus dmar nag gyong ba lcags zangs (25_035) dmar la gnyen pa gser zangs (25_119) btul ma (31_012) zangs dreg (31_013) zangs kyi thal ba

The Shel gong shel phreng distinguishes a superior type (mchog), which is native copper, and two common types (phal pa gnyis), obtained through smelting of different copper ores. Dark red, rough copper is the male type or 'iron copper', the red soft copper is the female type or 'gold copper'.
Native copper is the first metal used in human history, reaching back to the 8th millenium BC in Anatolia, Iran (6th - 5th cent. BC) and Neolithic Mehrgarh in Pakistani Baluchistan. The knowledge of smelting developped around 5000 BC and allowed to obtain copper from malachite and other copper ores, which gave rise to the bronze technology, the first created metal alloy, and subsequently to the first Bronze Age civilisations in Mesopotamia (Sumer) and the Indus valley (Harappa) at around 3300 BC.
Native copper (Cu) is found in the oxidation zone above sulfide copper deposits, basalts, and sedimentary rocks. Mining sites in Tibet (mindat.org).
The indian name tāmra refers to copper, which is of two types : nepālaja (obtained from Nepāla-deśa, modern Nepal) and mlecchaja (obtained from places other than Nepāla-deśa) (wisdomlib.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:48, 28 February 2024 (EST)