khab len

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ཁབ་ལེན
med. mineral [bitter, slightly cooling syn: skud 'dren lenpo'o, a kind of mineral medicine, bitter tasting? [also the name of a particular medicine] By its power arrows/bullets are drawn out, rust is hindered, broken bones are cured and diseases of the brain and nadis] [IW]

magnet, magnetic stone [RY]

med. mineral *, magnet [IW]

magnet [JV]

(med) Lodestone (Magnetite, Iron oxide [Fe2O3]) (Drungtso 1999; Yeshi 2018). Skt.: cumbaka (wisdomlib.org)
khab len mde'u 'byin klad rus rtsa nad sel / zhes pa la rigs bzhi ste / 'gugs byed dang / gcod byed dang / 'bigs byed dang / skor byed do / 'di la lcags rdo 'dra ba'i rdo ste / [114] sngo la mkhregs (mkhreg sa?) pa dang / nag la snyi ba dang / 'od can 'bring po sogs dbyibs dang kha dog sna tshogs las ma nges kyang / brdungs na lcags kyi dri ma mnam zhing / lcags kyis brdungs pas kha so ba spu ltar sob zing zing ldang ba yod / mchog ni ri rab kyi lho'i ngos la khab len gyi brag seng ge 'dra ba yod pa'i dbang gi phyogs brtag 'khor lo'i skor lcags kha byang du blta bar 'then nus pa de yin / de rigs rgya nag tu mkhar gyi logs su brtsigs pas khrab can len btub pa yod ces pa'i rgyu rgya nag nas 'byung bas khab khru gang gis nas len pa dang / 'bring ni ma nges ba nas 'byung ste / sor do dpag pa tsam nas khab len la rim pas khab gcig la gcig mthud bcu tsam len nas gnyis po rim pas bzang ngan dang / tha mas khab reg pa len pa'o / de dag 'gugs byed rigs yin la / khab ma blangs kyang ngan pa'i khyab pa med pas / mkhregs pas lcags bzhar gcod btub cing bzhar bzhin phye ma 'dzin pa gcod byed do / phe ma chur sbyangs pa'i lde gu lcags gad bdar byas pa'i mthil du blugs la zhag 'ga' bzhag pas lcags phug btub pa 'bigs byed do / khab mi lon kyang khab la bskor ba byas pas khab bskor btub pa skor byed zer yang ma nges so / gang yang khong du btang bas lcags bzhu ba dang rma khar 'byar byas pas mde'u 'byin par byed do // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 113.6)

khab len, 'which takes a needle'. Magnetite and hematite are important iron ores of the same chemical formula, but different cristal structures (mindat.org). Only a small portion of the mineral magnetite is found to be a permanent magnet – lodestone, due to a particular cristal structure and metalic impurities. It gets magnetized probably through the strong magnetic field of lightning bolts (lodestones are usually found on the surface of the earth) (wikipedia).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 06:20, 25 February 2024 (EST)