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སྐྱུ་རུ་ར
Latin: Emblica officinalis. Sanskrit: Amalaki. English: Indian gooseberry.

amalaki, a med. plant, emblic myrobalan. Also skyur ru ra med. tree [IW]

Emblica officinalis, sour fruit which cures diseases of phlegm, bile and blood, olive, fruit of phyllanthus emblica, 1 of 'bras bu gsum, emblica officinalis, emblic myrobalan [JV]

amalaki, a medicinal plant, emblic myrobalan. Also skyur ru ra Amla fruit comes from Emblica officinalis, a tropical and sub-tropical medium sized tree that grows in arid areas. It is very highly regarded for traditional use as a heart tonic and as a rasayana for long life. [RY]


(med) Emblic myrobalan. Synonyms : a' ma la ki', skyu ru ra, dhanya, dpal ldan, shi ba'm, zhi byed, tishya pha la, rgyal 'bras, a mri ta, 'chi med, manda ba yastha', na tshod bcud gnas, panyca s' ra, bcud lnga ldan, bi'stri, ma ma, a' ma la, a' la kam, amla, a mri todbha ba, bdud rtsi las byung ba, dha' tri, dha' tri pha la, i bha ka, so ma sil, dza mu sha, dha' tunku ta, ga ba tu, gya nom pa, skom sel, smin 'gas, khrag 'byed, a ma pa (Shel gong), skyu ru (Wangchuk 2011). Skt.: āmalakī (Dash 1989, Pandanus), dhātrī (Pandanus)
skyu ru ra yis bad mkhris khrag nad sel / zhes par / ro skor las / skyu ru ra ni bsil la rno bas mkhris pa snod du lhung ba dang mchin nad gsar pa sel / zhes dang / bdud rtsi thigs par / skyu ru ra bsil mkhris sel rlung mi skyed / 'bras bu gsum po bcud len sman gyi mchog / nad kun la phan khyad par mig nad sel / zhes gsungs / ming ni / a' ma la ki' / skyu ru ra / dhanya / dpal ldan / shi ba'm / zhi byed / tishya pha la / rgyal 'bras / a mri ta / 'chi med / manda ba yastha' / na tshod bcud gnas / panyca s' ra / bcud lnga ldan / bi'stri / ma ma / a' ma la / a' la kam / amla / a mri todbha ba / bdud rtsi las byung ba / dha' tri / dha' tri pha la / i bha ka / so ma sil / dza mu sha / dha' tunku ta / ga ba tu / gya nom pa / skom sel / smin 'gas / khrag 'byed / a ma pa / zer ro / 'khrung dper / skyu ru ra zhes bya ba'i shing / tshad pa che ba'i yul du skye / sdong po ring sdem lo ma che / me tog dkar ser mdangs mi gsal / zhes bshad kyang mig mthong dngos la gzhan 'dra yang lo ma phag ze ltar sib sib po'o / 'di'i 'bras bu sha rus phral nas skam pa bzang / de yang dkar dmar gnyis las dkar ba bzang / dmar ba ngan / 'bras bu tshe raksha lta bu sha srab ril mo sgog po shing skam las btus pa ro bro ba cher med pa zhan / 'dra yig las / skyu ru rag sha ser po 'dra / zhes so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 189.1)

Illustrations : Dawa 2009 skyu ru ra. 'Phrin Las 1987 (27_025) skyu ru mchog dman (34_020) skyu ru ra (34_075) skyu ru ra. 'Jam-dpal (pdf p 108) skam pa, rlon po, nang 'bru, tshi gu

1. Phyllanthus emblica L. (Phyllantaceae), Emblic myrobalan, Amla, Indian gooseberry (Wangyal 2020; Molvray 1988 T; Drungtso 1999)
2. Crataegus pentagyna Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. Rosaceae), Small flowered black hawthorn (Molvray 1988 G,H,P)
From northern sources in Molvray, certainly a substitute used by mongol or buryat practioners.
3. Rhaphiolepis bibas (Lour.) Galasso & Banfi (Rosaceae), Loquat, Japanese medlar ((Molvray 1988 R,P)
The name zhu mkhan (here as synonym) denotes also Symplocos species.

The third of the 3 myrobalans which open the plant section in the Shel gong.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 15:03, 2 March 2024 (EST)