cha ga pa

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ཆ་ག་པ
locust [IW]

locust, grasshopper [JV]

(med) Grasshoppers (like Oxya chinensis) (Czaja 2019, Drungtso 1999). Synonyms : tshag tshag pa, seng phrug gnam 'phyong / mchong (Czaya 2019)
cha ga pa ni / chag pa zer / mthe bong tsam yang ring / skye smug nag thig can 'dab ma dmar po lding na sgra 'byin zhing rkang drug gi phyi ma ring ba dang de'i kha chu la bdud rtsi smug po zer / rgya nag tu shin tu mang pos lo thog za ba'ang 'dug / shel sgong las / chu sbur bshad de / de bzhin cha ga'i mgo yis byang dug 'joms // bdud rtsi smug pos klad pa 'dzog pa gcod // zhes gsungs so / (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 289)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (33_060) cha ga pa'i mgo dang kha chu. Jam-dpal (pdf p 289) cha ga pa

'Jampel Dorjé writes that chagapa are about a thumb’s length, are pale brownish with black spots, and have red wings. He also states that if they soar, they make a sound, the last pair of its six legs are long, and their saliva is known as “brownish ambrosia”. He concludes by stating that in China they exist in abundance and consume the harvest. Modern literature on Tibetan materia medica state that chagapa refers to a grasshopper, but they differ in its exact identification.' (Czaya 2019).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 17:12, 12 February 2024 (EST)