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 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)