ga dza danta

(sman) Elephant tusk, Ivory (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1998)
Synonyms : glang po'i so, ba lang gi so (Shel gong)
Sanskrit : gajadanta (wisdomlib.org)

ga dza dan+tas gdon dang rims nad srung / zhes pa'i / ga dza dan+ta ni / glang po'i so ste / ba lang gi so yang zer te / glang chen gyi yas kyi kha la mche ba phyi la yar gyen du phyur ba / thal kar zhes pa rab la g.yas gsum g.yon gsum ste drug dang / 'bring la bzhi / tha mar gnyis re 'byung ba'i rab kyi mche ba nor bu yin par bshad la / che bar mi cha lag ring ba'i 'dom gang lhag tsam nas 'dom phyed yan ci rigs la phra sbom sdong phran tsam sogs 'byung / shin tu lci la nang sbubs can te nor 'phrang mes rung / dum bu chung ngu ni / ma he'i rus pa dang nor ba'i mkho chas chung ngu 'chos pa yod pas / rus pa gzhan las 'bol la kham zhad yod pa / 'od rus pa las chung ba gas zhib chung ngu 'byung ba'o / khyad par brtags pa ni / gang yin pa de'i sgang du mchil ma thigs pa nas phyed tsam zhig blug pa'i steng du rtsva 'jug skya'i tshal pa khab tsam / sna nas 'bru phyed gnyis tsam yod pa zhig 'phred la bzhag pas / 'phred la mi sdod par rus pa'i sna rgyud du 'khor na nges pa'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 098.1)

Illustrations : dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018 (n°054) ga dza dan+ta, Ivory

Even though there are narratives of the thal kar elephant with six tusks and others with four, nowadays there are only elephants (glang po che) with two. As teeth they have characteristics which differentiates them from the bones of the body, which renders them very valuable and are considered as precious substance.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 16:13, 29 February 2024 (EST)