sbur len
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སྦུར་ལེན
amber, thang chu'i rigs kyi 'gyur rdo 'jam po zhig ste, by rubbing it attracts by static electricity rdul phran nam sbang rdul, used in jewelry [IW]
a gem useful for cataract of the eye [JV]
(med) Amber (Yeshi 2018)
sbur len mig gi rab rib nad la phan / zhes pa la rigs gsum ste / mchog ni / ni ma ri ba ta zhes ba'i rdo dkar po dang / na ri ke la'i chu dang / mtshal dang yung ba rnams cha mnyam par bsres nas shel snod du zhag bdun lhag par bzhag pas de zho ltar chags pa dang / spa la sogs pa'i snod du yang zhag bdun bsnyal / de rjes dbyibs gang 'dod 'chos pa yin par bshad / na ri ke la'i chu dang mtshal bsres pa'i stobs kyis spos dkar gyi dri bro ba de la ka pu ra yang zer / 'di 'dra ba rdo las rang byung zhig kyang yong / 'di la slad med cing rgyu nang tshan 'dres ma 'dres kyi dbyibs 'dra ba'i ri mo dkar ser mtshams nyams yod snga ma dang / 'bring rdo las byung ba de phyed phyed sogs dkar ser gyi cha yod la zur du rdo rtsi chags pa phyi ma yin / 'di gnyis mig la nan gyis btab pas mig thur ma mi dgos par mig 'gri ba 'byed par de la bong kyi spos shel spos rnying du 'bod / rin thang dngul bzhi skor dgos / dman pa ni / spos dkar la gzhi byas nas rdzas bzo byas pa / yul tha ta kam pa wa ti rnams su 'chos pa kha bal gyis mang du 'khyer yong ba kha dog 'dra min dang cha che chung sna tshogs 'byung la dri ma snga ma dang phyogs mthun pa ni tshab rung tsam mo / gong ni kasmi ra ru dngul dang mnyam 'degs byed pa'o / 'di spos kyi rigs su 'gro bas spos shel tang / sbur ma len pas sbur len zer ro // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 093.1)
The Shel gong describes superiour, intermediate and inferiour types of odoriferous substances of different origin. Amber is a fossilised tree resin. It is not just dried tree resin, but is polymerized which takes 100.000 to millions of years.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 13:45, 29 February 2024 (EST)