smag
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medicine with astringent taste [JV]
I) CM: 1) mun pa mun nag, "thick/gloomy darkness, or thick cloud of darkness" 2) sman zhig. II). [mss] [RY]
1) dark[ness]; 2) med. smag [IW]
(sman) Sago starch ? ('trunc of the Sago palm')
Synonyms : ma ma mig, sbal pa'i sgo ngal (Shel gong), smag dkar dmar ('Phrin Las 1987)
smag gis tsha grang 'khru ba'i rigs kun gcod/ ces par/ ming / skabs 'a gar ma ma mig zer ba sbal pa'i sgo ngal yang zer bas skabs las shes/ 'di shing ma le grum shing gi rkang ste/ shing rgan gzhon gyi khyad par las dkar dmar gnyis yong/ dkar po bag phye rjen btags 'dra ba dang / de las dmar ba gro ma'i phye ma 'dra ba gnyis 'byung / gnyis ka ro bska la cung zad lan tshwa ba yod/ me la bsgregs na khol nyams dang / btsos na spyin ltar 'khrigs nas 'ong ba'o/ 'di 'bras bu'i sder mi 'os rkyang gi rigs te sa bcad ma zin pas 'khru gcod gras su bkod pa'o// (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 199.4)
brgyad pa shing sman rkang la smag ni/ ma ma mig/ sbal ba'i sgo nga zer/ shing ma le grum gyi rkang ste/ shing rgan gzhon gyi khyad par las gnyis 'dug/ dkar po bag phye rjen btags 'dra ba dang / dmar po de las dmar ba gro ma'i phye ba 'dra ba 'byung / ro bska la cung zad lan tsha yod pa la bsregs na khol nyams dang btsos na spyin ltar mkhrigs nas 'ong ba'o// da lta rgya nag tu sgron shing tu rgan pa'i rkang rtsa las len pa yin/ des tsha grang 'khru ba gcod/ (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 118)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (27_084) smag dkar dmar (35_049) smag. 'Jam-dpal (print p 118) smag
1. Metroxylon sagu Rottb. (Arecaceae) Sago palm (Wangyal 2020; Paljor 2018; Drungtso 2005)
2. Prunus padus L. (Rosaceae) Bird cherry (Molvray 1988 G). Cited from nrom northern sources.
The Medical Thangkas don't show a tree, but only a plant product, possibly sago starch. Sago is extracted from several palm species, typically from the Sago palm, Metroxylon sago (grum shing), but also from certain cycads, like Cycas revoluta. Johannes Schmidt (talk) 15:19, 3 March 2024 (EST)