sdig srin

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སྡིག་སྲིན
crab [RY]

crab, a medicine, lobster [JV]

crab [animal med.] [IW]

(sman) Freshwater Crabs (sometimes including the Chinese scorpion)
Synonyms : karka ta, 'phrog byed mig, rkang mang po, sbal chen, rus pa'i lus can (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995) srin bu, ka ka ru , karkata (Jam-dpal)

sdig pa ni/ srin bu/ ka ka ru/ karkata zer/ rigs gnyis las dkar po ni sdig srin te/ bskor mo phor tsam che leb rgyab smug 'og ser rkang brgyad pa/ rgya nag pas zos pa'o// rgyud las/ sdig srin chu sbur gnyis kyis chu 'gags sel// zhes gsungs so// (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 254)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (30_108) sdig srin (35_058) sdig srin. 'Jam-dpal (print p 254) sdig pa. dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1995) ill. 837

Potamiscus yunnanensis, a freshwater crab (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)
Charybdis japonica, Asian Paddle Crab (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)
Himalayapotamon atkinsonianum, a freshwater crab (Yeshi 2017)

Generally, sdig srin denotes crabs, and sdig pa a scorpion, as it is illustrated in the Medical Thangkas or is found in general dictionaries.
However, the term sdig srin can include the names for both, freshwater crabs and the Chinese scorpion.
dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1995) treats both in the single notice sdig srin, distinguishing between a bigger sdig srin dkar po (crabs) and a smaller sdig srin nag po (scorpion), the latter is also called sdig pa ra tsa, each with respective synonyms. Later he quotes De'u dmar, explaining that the term sdig srin carries the names of both : sdig pa ser po dang srin bu ka ka ru nag chung gnyis yod par sdig srin zhes gnyis kyi ming ngo. In consequence, he describes both in a single notice, as crabs and the scorpion have similar medical properties.
'Jam-dpal chosed to give separate notices, sdig pa for crabs (with the precision that out of the two types it is the white one, or sdig srin), and sdig pa ra dza for the scorpion.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 15:08, 22 February 2024 (EST)