shing kun

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ཤིང་ཀུན
asafoetida used as medicine and spice, asafoetida, ferula assafoetida, devil's dung, food of the gods [JV]

shing kun tree med. [IW]

(med) Asafoetida
Synonyms : hinggu ma, rtsi bo che, bokka na, hinggu ra, spod, dri chen, shing ku ma zer, a ghu shir, hel tul tha, rtsi gnyis, gnod sbyin rkang dmar (Shel gong), shing bak+ka ('Phrin Las 1987)
Sanskrit : hiṅgu (Dash 1989, Pandanus)

shing kun srin 'joms grang nad snying rlung sel / zhes pa la / rtsis nyi zla'i 'khor lo las / shing kun lcil tsha ste bad kan skyed / rlung nad lci tshub pa la mchog tu phan / zhes dang / sum cu pa las / shing kun zhu rjes ro tsha yi kha 'byed / bad rlung sel byed gzer 'joms mkhris pa skyed / ces dang / dpa' bos / shing kun rlung dang bad kan sel / gzer 'joms mkhris pa skyed byed de / zhu rjes ro tsha yi ga 'byed / drod skyed zas 'ju yang ba yin / zhes dang / rang byung pas / shing kun rlung nad thams cad 'joms / zhes pa'i ming / hinggu ma / rtsi bo che / bokka na / hinggu ra / spod / dri chen / shing ku ma [242] zer / rgya nag tu / a ghu shir / phrom du / hel tul tha / gab tu rtsi gnyis / gnod sbyin rkang dmar zer / 'di la rigs gnyis dngos dang bzo ma gnyis yong / dngos ni shing pokka zhes pa'i tshe ba yin la skud pa dkar po la bskus na sngon por 'gro zhes dus 'khor 'grel chen las bshad / dbyibs klad pa skam po 'dra ba la dri shin tu che bar mnams pas 'khrul ya med / yang ni shing pokka'i sha shun bar du sha chen bcug bzhag pas sha chen gyi nus pas shing khu 'thung bde bskol ba'i khandara bshad pa dang / kha cig shing de breg mtshams su mi'i klud pa bskus bzhag pas shing tshi 'thung bar bshad / bzo ma ni sgog rigs 'phrul sreng byed pa ra gna'i klud par bstim lugs dang / bsnyal nas bzos pa sogs ni kha dog ser pa'am sngo ham pa sogs la dri snga ma las dman pa yong ba yin no // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 241.4)
shing kun ni / sgog pas bzos pa zer ba nor ba ste / dus 'khor 'grel chen las / shing pokka zhes pa'i tshi la skud pa dkar po la byugs na sngon por 'gro / zhes gsungs pa'i dngos ni / skye lugs pa phug lta bu rtsa ba phyed tsam nas 'don zhing 'o ma 'dzag pa'i khu ba'i khanta dkar ser dbyibs klad pa skam po 'dra zhing dri shin tu che bas 'khrul sa med / rtsi sa nyi zla 'khor lo las / shing kun lci la tsha ste bad kan skyed // ces dag sum cu par / shin kun zhu rjes ro tsha yi ga 'byed / ces pas srin grang snying rlung sel // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 125)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (24_028) spod rigs / shing kun (26_088) shing bak+ka'i shing kun (26_089) shing kun mchog dman (34_080) shing kun (35_032) shing kun

1. Ferula assa-foetida L. (Apiaceae) Asafoetida (Wangyal 2020)
2. Biancaea sappan (L.) Tod. (Fabaceae) Sappanwood, Indian Redwood (Sabernig-Parfiniovitch)
3. Biancaea decapetala (Roth) O.Deg. (Fabaceae) Mysore thorn (Sabernig-Gammermann, Ladakh amchis)

Asafoetida opens the resin part in the medicinal tree section, even though it is a herb. Sappanwood is a dyeplant, but does not produce resin. All images show only resin, but not the plant.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 11:53, 18 March 2024 (EDT)