mtshal tshwa

(med) Cinnabar (Yeshi 2018)
Synonyms : da chu tsha (Shel gong)

mtshal tshas rtsa nad khrag skran bshig par byed / ces bzos pa ste / 'tsho mdzad grub pas / rin chen da chu mtshal yin la / bdud rtsi da chu mtshal tsha ste / 'di gnyis ming gis ma nor ba'i / thos pa'i nor gyis phyug pa gces / zhes gsungs pas / 'di la da chu tsha yang zer / mdog 'tshal 'dra ba 'byung ba'o //
gzhan yang bzo tsha ni / [sa ?] ma de bzhin dang / rgya tsha / kha ru tsha / rtsab ru tsha / na gu tsha / ze tsha / big pan tsha rigs gnyis / tsha bsregs rigs bdun te / bzos pa'i tsha sna bco brgyad ni / bzo ba'i rgyu'i legs nyes dang / bzo ched lag len bzang ngan las dbyibs dang kha dog nges pa mi 'byung la / 'di dag bzo ba'i lag len gab sbas med pa kho bos lag len gces btus su rgyas par bshad yod pas de nas longs shig // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 387.3)

Processed salt medicine. The notice for mtshal tshwa concludes the Medicinal salt chapter and ends with a resuming phrase enumerating the different salt types.
The Shel gong gives tam ka na and ksha ra na as synonym for mtshal (cinnabar). The synonyms taṅkaṇa refers rather to borax, and kṣara is a general word for alkali and is rendered by thal sman, medicinal ashes or calcinated matter (wisdomlib.org)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 05:52, 25 February 2024 (EST)