'gron bu

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འགྲོན་བུ
cowries, dice [JV]

guest; a small shell, cowry [RY]

1) guest; 2) small shell/ cowry [IW]

(med) Cowrie shell (Cypraea moneta) (Czaja may 2019, Yeshi 2017)
Synonyms : kharsha ba ni ('Jam-dpal rDo-rje)

'gron bu ni / rgya skad du kharsha ba ni zhes grags rgya mtsho'i srog chags te / smug po dang dkar po che chung mi 'dra ba'o / mig la phan / rgyud las dung thal nya phyi thal zhes gsungs pa ltar dung nya phyi 'gron bu mu tig g.yu byu ru mu men shel rnams nus ldan bsreg par gzhung nas gsungs / rkyang sel las / 'gron bus khrag gcod rnag chu skem / zhes so // (Dri med shel phreng, book p. 039)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (30_021) 'gron bu mchog (30_022) 'gron bu dman pa

The watersnail shells dung, shang ka shi la and 'gron bu as well as oystershells/mother of pearl (nya phyis) are classified as medicinal precious substances, the shells dung 'dra as medicinal stones and the mollusc 'bu skyogs (synonym dung 'dra) and na bun bu mo as medicinal animal.
Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Shell transforms into Aragonite, CaCO₃ (mindat.org). Commonly collected in large quantities for shellcraft. Once used as a currency in Pacific and Indian Ocean countries (sealifebase).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 11:27, 1 March 2024 (EST)