chu snying

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ཆུ་སྙིང
precious stone, salt [JV]

salt [IW]

(med) Agate (dGa ba'i rDo rje 2018)

chu snying me yi 'jigs pa srung skyob nus / zhes pa ni / dkar la sngo ba shel lta bu chu nang du bcug na dangs pas mi mthong bar chu dang 'dra zhing / me steng du bzhag na me 'chi ba dbyibs tsha tsha 'dra ba gla ba'i ril ma tsam 'byung bas rdog po res gser srang re ri ba'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 083.3)

The Shel gong describes it as white with a blue tint, of crystal-like appearance. The pictures in dGa ba'i rDor rje show Agates (micro-crystalline quartz), lig bu mig, but also a specimen recalling Amethyst, a violet-purple variety of macro-crystalline quartz, dkar gong. In the medicinal gemstone section is a second notice for chu yi snying po, a different gemstone.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:16, 29 February 2024 (EST)