shel

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mirror; crystal; crystal, crystalline, shel gyi sa gzhi pavements [in a palace], glass, mirror [RY]

glass, mirror, crystal, place in tibet, sugar [JV]

• crystal[ine], glass, mirror [IW]
  

(med) Rock crystal
Synonyms : spha ti ka, shel, pra bha sa' ro, 'od gsal snying po, arka, nyi 'od, asma pra bha, rdo ba 'od gsal, parpa ta dza, ri skye, da ha no pa la, srig byed, sha li pishtam, dhau ta shi lam, sbyangs rdo ba, gandhi kam, dri ldan, tsa la sa' ra, rtsa ba'i snying po, atstsha, dangs pa, shuddha shil shve ta, dag pa'i rdo dkar, gandha swa mam, zla ba'i dri, si ta pa lam, rdo ba dkar po (Shel gong)
Sanskrit : sphaṭika, dhautaśila (wisdomlib.org)

shel gyis snying byings 'thibs rmugs rmongs pa sel / zhes pa / spha ti ka zhes bya ba'i rin po che ste / 'di la rigs gsum las / spyi ming mngon brjod ni / spha ti ka / shel / pra bha sa' ro / 'od gsal snying po / arka / nyi 'od / asma pra bha / rdo ba 'od gsal / parpa ta dza / ri skye / [090] da ha no pa la / srig byed / sha li pishtam / dhau ta shi lam / sbyangs rdo ba / gandhi kam / dri ldan / tsa la sa' ra / rtsa ba'i snying po / atstsha / dangs pa / shuddha shil shve ta / dag pa'i rdo dkar / gandha swa mam / zla ba'i dri / si ta pa lam / rdo ba dkar po rnams ming gi grangs so / rigs gsum ni / spha ti ka dang / ya ba na dang / kirba na'o / spha ti ka ni dkar po'o / ya ba na ni cung zad sngo dangs chu'i mdog go / kirba na ni cung zad dmar ba'i cha yod pa ste / kun kyang dangs pa'i rang bzhin can no / kongka na dang / sing ga la dang / kasmi ra la sogs pa nas 'byung ngo / kun kyang dngul srang re la brgya phreng gsum re byed pa yin / rgya'i bzo mas ni tshab mi yong gsungs so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 089.5)

Illustrations : dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018 (n°030) me shel, Crystallum (n°031) shel (chu shel) Rock crystal

dGa' ba'i rDo rje does not identify ya ba na / chu shel and kirba na / me shel with Moonstone and Sunstone, but simply with Crystallum and Rock crystal. Quartz, Rock crystal (Silicon dioxide, SiO₂) is a transparent colourless variety of quartz (dkar gong).
The Indian name sphaṭika refers to crystal, with 2 subtypess, sūryakānta (me shel) and candrakānta (chu shel). dhautaśila refers also to rock crystal (wisdomlib.org).
Yeshi (2018) identifies shel with Chrysotile (mineral asbestos).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 11:37, 1 March 2024 (EST)