zer mo
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ཟེར་མོ
a small animal, small yellow feathered bird with red stripes on head [JV]
1) animal gzugs mo or sgang, weasel; 2) hoopoe bird) [IW]
(med) not identified. Peahen ?
zer mo ni / shel phreng las / bya phren sngon po gtsug phud cung zad yod pa spu dmar po yang yod pa'o // zhes dang / rgyud las / zer mo rus pas khrag shor gcod // ces byung ba'o // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 255)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (30_028) zer mo'i rus (33_049) zer mo'i klad pa / brun / sgro / chu / khrag / sha / mchin / mkhris / byang khod sha. Jam-dpal (pdf p 255) zer mo
For Drungtso (1999) it is 'a small yellow feathered bird with red stripes on the head'. The image in the Medical Thangkas looks rather like a bigger gamebird than a small bird, recalling a peahen, or female peafowl. Jam-dpal's illustration in the Eye Ornament is less pronounced.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 04:11, 18 February 2024 (EST)