padma rA ga

(sman) Ruby (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1998)
Sanskrit : padmarāga, māṇikya (wisdomlib.org)

pad+ma r+'a gas nad dang gdon kun 'phrog / ces pa ni / pad+ma r+'a ga'am / pad+ma rak+ta zhes pad+ma dmar po ste / 'di la rigs dgu yod pa ni / pad+ma rak+ta dang / push+pa rak+ta dang / dza ti r+'a ga dang / llal r+'a ga dang / mu la rang+ga rakta dang / ha ri gau ri dang / pug dang / bi dza ya dang / gau mo da dang dgu'o / pad+ma rak+ta ni mdog ngur dmar rang 'od kyis sor gsum du khyab pa / mtheb mdzub kyis 'dus pa'i tshad tsam yod do / push+pa rak+ta ni / mdog dmar smug kha dog gcig las 'od zer rang las bdun 'gyur tsam pa gsum 'byung ba che tshad mtheb mdzub kyis 'dus pa tsam mo / dza ti r+'a ga ni / sprin dmar mched pa'i mdog can 'od khru gang tsam gyi tshad tsam du nar mor 'gro ba che tshad kyang tsu ta'i 'bru tsam zhig 'byung ngo / llal rA ga ni / kha dog sol ba la me mched pa 'dra ba 'od sor gsum tsam phyogs gcig kho nar 'byung ba che chung mtheb skor mos tshud pa tsam 'byung ngo / mu la raM ga rak+ta ni / se 'bru'i 'bras bu shin tu smin pa'i mdog can / 'od kyang / khrag gi mdog tu 'byung ba che chung mtheb chen tsam 'byung ngo / ha ri gau ri ni / gos chen dmar smug shin tu dangs pa'i mdog can bsgyur ba ni 'od dmar po dang ser po gnyis ka 'byung ba che tshad sran ma 'phos pa tsam 'byung ngo / pug ni / mdog rab tu dmar po 'od [083] zer ser po sor do'i tshad tsam phyogs gcig tu 'gro ba che tshad mtheb mdzub gnyis kyi rtses 'dus pa tsam mo / bi dza ya ni / me'i mdog can 'od zer sor gang gi tshad tsam phyogs gcig tu 'gro ba che tshad se 'bru'i 'bras bu tsam mo / gau mo da ni / phyi mchin kha la nang me lta bu sa la bzhag na 'od mi 'byung la mkha' la bteg na 'od 'byung ba che chung tshad nges pa med pa'o / de rnams ni gtso bo sing ga la nas 'byung / pug ni ham sa wa ti nas 'byung / gong thang gi tshad ni bzang shos dang / ha ri gao ri la / glang po che'i steng nas rde'u tshag 'phen gyis bsgyur ba sa la phog tshun thang mar gdal ba'i tshad gyi gser ri zhes gong med pa'i tshad du bshd pa'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 082.2)

Illustrations : dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1998 (n°024) padma r+'a ga, Ruby (n°025) smug nag pad+ma r+'a ga (n°026) sog po pad rag. dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018 (n°014) pad+ma r+'a ga, Ruby (n°015) mu la raM ga rak+ta, Corundum (n°016) llal r+'a ga, not identified (n°017) pug, Gold stone

dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1998) describes two types of rubies, the superiour and the common ones. The superiour, pad+ma rA ga or padma rak+ta, is the true ruby. Another, still superiour one, is push+pa rak+ta or smug nag pad+ma r+'a ga. The common ones are sog po pad rag or ll+'a r+'a ga, dza ti r+'a ga, mu la rang+ga rak+ta, ha ri gau ri, pug, bi dza ya and gau mo da. Even though there are many types with different colours, they are of the same (pharmacological) essence and comprised under the names pad+ma rak+ta, lo hi ta ka, rin chen dmar po and mdog dmar or, most generally, pad rag.
A different presentation with different images is found in dGa ba'i rdo rje (2018), n° 13-17 http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW8LS68421 where he pictures padma r+'a ga as well as push pa r+'a ga as Ruby, mu la raM rakta as Corundum (a group name of Aluminium-silicates, of which Ruby is the red variety, together with the Blue and Pink Sapphire (see in dra nI la)), under llal r+'a ga he pictures an orange-red, opaque gemstone and for pug he gives Gold stone. The last name is listed as synonym for Sunstone in mindat.org, see me shel.
The Mahavyutpatti (5946) has padmarāga and pad ma r+'aga, identified with ruby. But (5970) has puṣparāga translated as dun las or sbur long. In the sanskrit sources puṣparāga is quite consistently identified with the yellow topaz. sbur long does also translate a second term, tṛṇakuñcaka (5972), 'attracting grass', for amber.

Johannes Schmidt (talk) 15:54, 29 February 2024 (EST)