ngang pa

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1) swan, goose, duck; 2) yellow ochre [color])/ [in the manner of a swan who easily associates without a male- female relationship, so is the discipline which associates without ties and the skillful means which causes sentient beings to reach the happiness of liberation through compassion and loving kindness [syn: mkha' lding dkar po dang, grong 'joms, mchu rkang dmar ba, dra ba'i rkang ldan, ma dros gnas, mtso'i bya, yul 'khor 'dzin, lus dkar] [Gd-mk] [IW]

1) wild goose, duck, swan. 2) yellow ochre [RY]

1) swan, goose, duck; 2) yellow ochre [color] [IW]

base, bad, disgusting, abominable, duck, wild goose, swan, male goose, swan, yellowish color, cream color, waterfowl [JV]

(sman) Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)
Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) (Drungtso 1999)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)
Synonyms : ngang skya, bya khrung dkar po, ngur pa dkar po, 'khor lo'i lag ldan ('Jam-dpal) mkha' lding dkar po, mtsho'i bya, dra ba'i rkang ldan, ma dros gnas, mchu rkang dmar, 'khor lo'i yan lag, grong 'joms, tsa krum ka ham sa, lus dkar, ngang dkar (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)

ngang pa ni/ ngang skya/ bya khrung dkar po/ ngur pa dkar po/ 'khor po'i lag ldan zer/ dgun tshad lho yul dang dbyar dus 'ong zhing chur bzhugs te/ 'o chu dbye nus pa/ rkang thung mthil 'gor ba'i lag can pho ba med la dkar sngo gnyis 'dug/ shel sgong las/ khrung khrung ngur ba [dkar?] ser chu skyur mo// chu bya phal cher sha ni bsil ba yin// zhes so// (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 258)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (23_087) ngang skya. 'Jam-dpal (print p 258) ngang pa. dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1995) ill. 806-807

The Swan goose (ngang dkar or ngur dkar) is less common in the wild, but gave the domesticated goose in East Asia. (In Europe and West Asia the domesticated goose derived from the Graylag Goose, Anser anser).
The Bar-headed goose is clearly shown in the Medical Thangkas. It is the most common wild goose in Tibet, with it's distinctive 2 stripes behind the head, unlike any other goose (David Holler, tibetbirds.com).
The Greater White-fronted Goose is largely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. dGa' ba'i rDo rje gives the specific name ngang pa mgul khris.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 17:11, 22 February 2024 (EST)