na gi
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ན་གི
1) na gi animal med.; 2) mgron bu zhig; 3) herb w pea-like seed; 4) being ill; 5) the claws of a sea- monster [IW]
1) na gi animal med. [nya khrab can gyi phyi'i skogs lpags sen mo lta bu dri zhim pa zhig ste nus [IW]
medicinal seed [JV]
1) being ill, 2) ouster-shell; claws of a sea-monster [RY]
(sman) Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)
na gi ni/ chu srin sder mo yang zhes bya ba ste la la chu srin dngos kyi sen mor 'dzin pa mi shes pa yin/ rgya nag lho phyogs su ri la gnas pa rwa gsum dang brang la spu can lce ring mjug mar reg cing / nya chu la 'gro ba ltar sa 'og 'gro nus pa nyi 'ong du nyal ste sha sprang sogs bsags tshe 'dab ma bskum nas chur 'jug zhing btab nas za ba'o// rgyud las/ chu srin sder mos rus tshad sel// zhes gsungs/ (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 260)
Illustrations : Jam-dpal (pdf p 286) na gi. dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1995) ill. 832, 833
'Jam-dpal gives chu srin sder mo as synonym for na gi, the pangolin. dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1995) as well as Yeshi (2017) take also chu srin sder mo as synonymous with na gi and identify it with the pangolin. Several species of pangolins or anteaters are hunted for their meat as food and scales for medicine, like the Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) and the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). The latter is prescribed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia for the drug Manis Squama.
The pangolin scales are keratin body coverings (recalling the rigid quills of the porcupine, gzugs mo, which are modified hairs coated with keratin plates, or the rhinoceros horn, bse ru , which is a solid mass, growing in keratinized layers from specialized skin cells).
Others identify chu srin sder mo with the Gharial or with the Indian crocodile.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:32, 23 February 2024 (EST)