bya wang
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བྱ་ཝང
bat [IW]
night-hawk, goat-sucker, bat [RY]
white birds with a red crest and black tail often seen flying in flocks in east Tibet [JV]
(med 1) Bat.
Synonyms : pha wang, lpags 'dab can, byi'u so can ('Jam-dpal)
bya wang ni / pha wang / lpags 'dab can / byi'u so can zer / byi ba 'dra la nag skya lpags 'dab can nyin mo 'gro mi nus pa dang / de'i sha dug yod de / khu tshur bum pa las / bya rnams sha la dug yod ma byung na / sha log skyes nas nad gzhan lngang bar byed / ces pa dang / yang de nyid du / bya rnams phal cher dug ni rgyu lho yin / rma bya bya rgod ma gtogs mkhris pa'ang dug / ces dang bdud rtsi zil dkar las / bya'i rgyu ma spangs nas sbrul sha ltar 'dul par bshad / rgyud las / bya wang sha yis skyug pa gcod par byed / ces gsungs // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 249)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (33_114) pha wang brun. Jam-dpal (pdf p 275)
'Jam-dpal describes and depicts in the Eye Ornament clearly a bat under the name bya wang.
The Medical Thangkas show a bat under the name pha wang. And bya wang is used here for a bird with a raptors head :
(med 2) Nightjar or Goatsucker (Caprimulgus sp.) (Drungtso 1999)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (30_052) bya wang sha
Synonyms : bya glag (David Holler)
"In Tibet only the Grey Nightjar, Caprimulgus jotaka. For me bya glag. Hardly seen as nocturnal birds, but known by everybody due to their strange noises (David Holler, Tibetbirds.com).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 17:20, 13 February 2024 (EST)