sngon bu

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སྔོན་བུ
sngon bu field med [IW]

sngar - before, beforehand, previously, formerly, at first [RY]

a vegetable, a medicinal plant, delphinium cashmirianum gentianaaristata maxim. [JV]

(med) Trailing bellflowers
Synonyms : langli, bi sha la, g.yu shing, sngo a tsa ra, shog shing pa, gyib shing (Shel gong)

sngon bus chu ser nad rnams 'jam por sbyor / zhes par / ljon shing las / sngon bu dro yang 'jams par 'khru / zhes dang / rang byung pas / sngon bus nad rnams thur la 'dren / zhes so / ming / langli / bi sha la / g.yu shing / sngo a tsa ra / gab tu / shog shing pa / gyib shing zer / 'khrungs dper / sngon bu spang gi la phug 'dra / [276] lo ma zhib mo sa la 'byar / sngo skya spu chung ldan pa la / me tog sngon po 'dab bzhi mdzes / rtsa ba khur ma'i rtsa ba 'dra / bcad na 'o ma 'bab pa yin / zhes pas gsal / bai sngon du / ming brdab pa dang mngon rtogs yar mar brje ba'i 'khron bu sngon bu go brje bar mdzad 'dug pa'i dgongs pa gang yin tshod ma thig go // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 275.5)
sngon bu ni / ri ma tho'i g.ya' spang mtshams su skye lo ljang sa la 'byar ba spu can / sdong phra bcad na 'o ma 'byung zhing ro mngar / me tog 'dab bzhi dril kha lta bu sngo la dmar dangs dang ldan pa 'o ma 'bab pa'o / de gsum 'chur bskol nas 'dul ba'o / ljon shing las / sngon bu dro yang 'jam par 'khru // zhes pas chu ser sbyong // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 149)

Illustrations : Dawa 1999. 'Phrin Las 1987 (29_035) sngon bu (35_077) sngon bu. 'Jam-dpal (print p 149)) sngon bu

mchog
1. Cyananthus lobatus Wall ex Benth. (Campanulaceae) Trailing bellflower (Lama 2001 Dolpo)
2. Cyananthus incanus Hook.f. & Thomson (Campanulaceae) Bellflower (Kletter 2001)
3. Cyananthus longiflorus Franch. (Campanulaceae) Bellflower (Kletter 2001)
dman pa
1. Cyananthus formosus Diels (Campanulaceae) Bellflower (Kletter 2001)
sngon bu (without specification)
1. Cyananthus sherriffii Cowan (Campanulaceae) Bellflower (Wangyal 2020)
2. Cyananthus microphyllus Edgew. (Campanulaceae) Bellflower (Kletter 2001)
3. Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. (Convolvulaceae) (Molvray 1988 G,T). Cited from northern sources.
4. Gentiana capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don (Gentianaceae) Gentians (Chi 2021). Used as sngon bu (Chi 2021).
5. Gentiana haynaldii Kanitz (Gentianaceae) Gentians (Chi 2021). Used as sngon bu (Chi 2021).
6. Gentiana aristata Maxim. (Gentianaceae) Gentians (Chi 2021). Used as sngon bu (Chi 2021).
7. Gentiana crassuloides Bureau & Franch. (Gentianaceae) Gentians (Chi 2021). Used as sngon bu yol yol (Chi 2021).

The Shel gong shel phreng discribes only the blue colour of the flowers. Other distinguish a large superior type with dark blue flowers and an inferior type with pale blue flowers (Kletter 2001).
The important genus Gentiana, here as substitute, is mainly found in 3 succesif groups : gang ga chung , kyi lce, and spang rgyan and with several individual names.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:38, 25 March 2024 (EDT)