mthing sngon
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མཐིང་སྔོན
dark blue med. mineral [IW]
dark blue med. mineral [nus pas mkhal ma'i nad dang, dri chu sri ba, rgyus pa 'grams pa bcas la phan, [IW]
a blue stone used in medicine, lapis lazuli [JV]
a blue stone used in medicine, lapis lazuli, blue [JV]
(med) Azurite (Yeshi 2018), Lapis lazuli (Simioli 2013)
Synonyms : ku shu'i khams, dus kyi me tog (Yeshi 2018)
mthing sngon mkhal nad chu sri rgyus 'gram sel / zhes par / rje rang byung pas / zangs rdo mthing spang nad kun skyugs / zhes pa'ang tshon mthing yongs grags te / rgya mthing shing phye 'dra ba ni ma yin no // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 136.4)
Illustrations :
'Phrin Las (31_018) mthing
From the ancient Persian lazhward, meaning "blue", as well as Lapis lazuli. Gave the sanskrit name rājāvarta for Lapis lazuli, or mthing in tibetan, as well as the western azur.
Azurite (Hydrous copper carbonate) is a blue, vitreous, secondary copper mineral frequently found in the oxidized zones of Cu-bearing ore deposits, often together with malachite. A number of mining sites in western and central Tibet (mindat.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 02:48, 27 February 2024 (EST)