rdo'i snying po

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རྡོའི་སྙིང་པོ
emerald [IW]

(med) Medicinal gemstone. Kind of Agate (Yeshi 2018)
Synonyms : asma garbha (Shel gong) a smag bha, dra ma a smag'o (Yeshi 2018)
Sanskrit : aśmagarbha (wisdomlib.org)

rdo yi snying pos mchin pa'i dug nad sel / zhes pa / rin po che asma garbha zhes bya ba la rigs gnyis te / asma garbha dang / dru ma asma garbha'o / asma garbha ni mdog shin tu gnag pa la 'od zer shin tu dmar ba 'byung / dru ma asma garbha ni snga ma dang 'dra ba la 'od cung zhig gsal ba'o / 'di gnyis chu nang gi rdo las skyes pa'i tshul du 'byung bas asma garbha ste bod skad du rdo'i snying po zhes bya / yul sing ga la dang sau ra'shta rnams nas 'byung la / gong tshad ni snga ma la dngul gyi do skor phyi ma la brje bo byed pa'o / slob dpon yang dag bden pas / rdo'i snying po ni kha dog dmar po'o / zhes pa dang / pan chen tshul khrims bskyangs kyis rdo'i snying po ni margad yin gsungs pa dang / bod kyi gab tshig tu dngul la rdo'i snying po zhes pa de rnams la skabs 'di mi tsham par bya'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 085.1)

The Shel gong mentions 2 types : asmagharba, black with red light, and the similar druma asmagarbha. The Indian synonym aśmagarbha is identified with emerald (ma rgad) (wisdomlib.org).
Neither of the 2 types in the Shel phreng corresponds to Emerald, even though it mentiones that some identify it with Emerald. Yeshi (2018) identifies it as a kind of Agate.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 13:05, 29 February 2024 (EST)