zi la

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electrum, silver and gold alloy [gsha' dkar [tin] or ti tsa [zinc] like] [IW]

electrum = silver and gold alloy [IW]

from mixed silver and gold gsha' dkar or ti tsha like metal alloy [IW]

composition metal generally of gold and silver [JV]

(med) Tin (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018)

zi las rma shu reg dug 'joms par nus / zhes pa / rgya nag nas [113] 'byung bas kha dog dang / rgyu gsha' dkar 'dra la / de las sra zhing [mkhregs ?] pa / ti tsha ltar so mi seg pa / lugs pas skad li la bsres pas skad thag ring po 'byung ba zhig ste / rgyas skad li dril bu bsre ba dang / zi la rong gi chang bum dang / chang 'tshong ba'i chang 'jal snod rnams byed pa de 'dul bas reg dug la phan pa'o / 'di zangs rag sogs la bsres pa'i stong zhes pa la stong dkar dang stong dmar 'byung la / kha dog dngul 'dra ba las cung kham pa brdung ba la mnyen snag che ba 'bol zhing bzhun pa stong dkar dang / de 'dra ba de las cung dmar ba stong dmar te / de gnyis kyang reg dug la phan zhes zer // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 112.6)

Illustrations : dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018 (n°078)

dGa' ba'i rDo rje (2018) identifies zi la with tin (gsha' dkar), for Yeshi (2018) it is a synonym for iron (lcags), and for Das (1902) 'generally gold and silver alloy'.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:19, 28 February 2024 (EST)