ba le ka

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baleka [Skt] gcig stobs, med tree [IW]

baleka [Skt] gcig stobs, med tree [hot and bitter tasting, cooling, by its power clearning away glo mchin dang, snod kyi tsha ba. Sun: ga bur dri ldan, nor bu'i shing.] [IW]

medicinal plant [RY]

(med) Vines
Synonymes : ma ni briksha, nor bu'i shing, sa du ksha ti, ba le ka, gcig stobs, ga ba tu, ga pur dri ldan (Shel gong)
ba le ka yis glo mchin snod tshad sel / zhes par / lcags phreng las / ba le ka ni bsil la yang bas rang gi nus pas khr'ag nas rims dang tsha ba dag la phan / zhes dang / rang byung pas / ba le ka yis khrag 'khrugs sel / zhes so / ming / ma ni briksha / nor bu'i shing / sa du ksha ti / ba le ka / gcig stobs / ga ba tu / ga pur dri ldan zer / 'khrung dper / ba le ka zhes bya ba'i sman / shing gzhan dag la 'khril nas skye / me tog 'bras bu gang yang med / ro ni khal rtsub pa yin / rang gi nus pas bad kan dang / gzer rigs khrags nad ma lus sel / zhes pa bzhin / 'khri shing gi rigs dbyibs sle tres 'dra la shun pa skya nag mthug pa'o / brda sprod las / ba le ka ni tshos shing rul pa'dra / zhes dang / 'dra yig las / ba le ka ni phur mong rtsa ba 'dra / zhes dang / 'dra dpe las / ba le ka ni dbyi mong rgas pa 'dra / zhes so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 232.5)

Illustrations : Dawa 1999. 'Jam-dpal (print p 115) ba li ka

1. Aristolochia moupinensis Franch. (Aristolochiaceae) Pipevines (Dawa 1999, Wangyal 2020). Synonym rgya ba le (Dawa 1999)
2. Aristolochia griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Duch. (Aristolochiaceae) Pipevines (Wangyal 2020)
3. Aristolochia debilis Siebold & Zucc. (Aristolochiaceae) Pipevines (Molvray 1988 G,H,P). Reported name ma nu pa tra.
4. Aristolochia contorta Bunge (Aristolochiaceae) Pipevines ('Phrin Las 1987)
5. Stephania cephalantha Hayata (Menispermaceae) (Wangyal 2020). Reported name a sbi rdo lo.
6. Cissampelos pareira L. (Menispermaceae) (Molvray 1988 Dh). Reported name ma nu pa tra. Sanskrit : pāṭhā (Dash 1989).
7. Akebia quinata (Thunb. ex Houtt.) Decne (Lardizabalaceae) Akebia, Chocolate vine (Molvray 1988 G,H,P). Cited from northern sources.
8. Menispermum dauricum DC. (Menispermaceae) Moonseed (Molvray 1988 G). Cited from northern sources.

The reported names ma nu pa tra are usually identified with Inula species like elecampane.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 16:43, 5 March 2024 (EST)