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med/poison castor bean tree [saccharum munja cardomum cocculus indicus secret abode of dakinis; rgya gar nag dang lho mon nas thon pa'i rtsva ldum gyi 'bras bu de'i lo sdong ljang gu dang 'bru'i pags pa mthug cing sul can, dri ro ga bur dang phyogs mtshungs pa 'dis phomtsher gyi grang nad sel,...syn: zla ba'i byema dang, zla ba'i gzhon nu ma'o,] [IW]

berry plant Chinese cardamom (Amomum medium), cardamom, fruit of coculus indicus,, saccharum munja, fruit used in medicine, poisonous tree-drug, castor oil plant, secret abode of the dakini, piper cubeba, amomun sabulatum, cubeb, greater cardamon, cardamon, amonum subulatum, 1 of bzang drug [JV]

1) big raven. 2) moon. 3) secret abode of the dakinis. 4) castor-oil plant [RY]

kind of a poison [RY]

(med 1) Greater or Black cardamom
Synonyms : ko la dkar po (Wangyal 2020)
Sanskrit : bṛhad elā (Dash 1989), sthūlailā, bhadrailā (Pandanus)

ka ko la yis pho mcher grang ba sel / zhes dang / lcags phreng las / ko la cung zad dro la zhu rjes bsil / du 'gro / tsha zhing rtsub la zhu rjes bsil du 'gro / zhes dang / bdud rtsi thigs par / ka ko la yang dro zhing 'ju stobs che / zhes dang / dka' 'grel las / ko la bzang po ma la ya / gling phran rnams las skye ba ste / ngan pa rgya gar shar nub dang / li yul rong rgud kun tu 'byungs / 'di yang rtswa ldum 'bras bu yin / gsungs so / rigs dbye yang / de nyid las / ko la dkar smug rgod g.yung gnyis / dkar po skya la gang bu srab/ smug po gang bu 'bru rnams snum / ko la chung ba sug smel tsam / ri mo nag cing dkar bas gyogs / gang bu'i nang nas phan tshul 'dres / dri ro ga pur cung zad 'dra / gang bu skya la nang shog can / zhes pa dang / lho mon nas kyang dkar smug gnyis yong bas / dkar po che la pags pa mthug / smug po chung la srab / 'di gnyis sman la gtong bar smug po dang / sbos la dkar po bzang zhes zer yang / don la dri ro gang bzang legs / spos sbyor las / bzang po drug las ngad pa ka ko la / che phyir spos la thal ba'i nyes pa med / ces so / 'dra dper / ka ko la mi rgan thul gyon 'dra / zhes dang / dung gi mig las / ka ko la ni dres rdog 'dra / zhes dang / 'dra bshad las / ko la mi rgan sen mo 'dra / zhes / sman tshong dag gis / ko la bying bying thu lu 'dra / zhes so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 151.5)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (26_041) ka ko la mchog ka ko la dman pa

1. Amomum subulatum Roxb. (Zingiberaceae), Greater or Black cardamom (with large and dark brown pods) (Wangchuk 2011)
2. Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd. (Zingiberaceae), Greater galangal, Blue ginger (Molvray 1988 H,P). Cited from northern sources in Molvray, certainly a substitute used by mongol or buryat practioners. See also sman sga for other Alpinia spp and ginger.
See sug smel for the True or Lesser cardamom.

(med 2) Tsao ko Cardamom
… / si tus / tsha'o ko zhes pa ka ko la'i rigs / zhes pa rgya nag las byung ba de'o // … (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 076)

1. Lanxangia tsao-ko (Crevost & Lemarié) M.F.Newman & Skornick. (Zingiberaceae) ('Jam-dpal)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 13:25, 2 March 2024 (EST)