thog lcags

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ཐོག་ལྕགས
lightning-bolt [RY]

thunderbolt, weapon of Indra, meteoric iron [nam mkha' nas thog bab pa las byung bar grags pa'i sa 'og tu bskal par lus kyang btsa' zhu sogs ma byung ba'i lcags rigs kha dog dang gzugs brnyan sna tsogs 'byung ba zhig ste, nus pas rtsa dkar gyi nad la phan. [IW]

meteoric iron, thunderbolt [JV]

[falling from the sky sa 'og tu bskal par lus kyang btsa' zhu sogs ma byung ba'i kind of iron/ metal of various color and shape, nus pas rtsa dkar gyi nad la phan] thunderbolt, weapon of Indra, meteoric iron [IW]

• thunderbolt, weapon of Indra, meteoric iron [IW]
  

(med) 'Thunderbolt iron', Meteorite, meteoric iron (Das 1902, Drungtso 1999)
thog lcags rtsa dkar nad la phan pa yin / zhes pa / thogs gi lcags sa 'og tu bskal par lus kyang btsa' zhu sogs ma byung ba'i lcags dkar ser dmar nag rigs bzhi gang yang li'i rgyu 'dra bar gzugs brnyan sna tshogs 'byung de'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 110.2)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (31_010) thog lcag

Meteoric iron (Das 1902), meteorite, a metal that falls on Earth from the sky during the lightning (Drungtso 1999). Ni-bearing metallic (non-oxidized) iron is found only in meteorites and never in terrestrial metallic iron. Until human beings were technologically able to separate oxygen from the natural iron oxides which surround us, the only metallic iron was found in meteorites (both as the dominant constituent in iron meteorites ('irons') and as a significant constituent in most stony meteorites) mindat.org.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 12:40, 28 February 2024 (EST)