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Literary Approximate Definition rgya tshos gya tso lac dye
Spelling pronunciation - rgyab yol gyap yo back curtain

'0 dkar o gar white milk colour rigs bdag rig dak lord of a particular
(with a slight bluish tathagatha lineage
tinge) rkang pa gang ba "leg", one-fourth of
a cha chung OLr sor
'0 kha o kha milky white (with a
slight tinge of green) rkyang shing gyang shing stretcher
'oljang ojang greenish milk colour don dbur Ion ur damp polishing
'0 sngon a ngon bluish milk colour don mdangs Ion dang wet shading
'od'phro wo tro radiating light rays don rdul Ion dUU wet grinding
padma'i gdan baymay den lotus seat don thig Ion thig "wet line", a line
marked with a wet
phing bris phing tree a special outlining marking string
technique for clouds
pho dkar pho gar a harder variety of rten den "support", a tech-
ka rag white nical term for
physical embodi-
pho rag pho rag same as above
ments of enlight-
phyag mtshan chag tsen identifying hand- ened body, speech
held emblem or or mind
implement of a deity
rtsa ba'i mdog dza way dok basic colour
phyagrgya chag gya formalized hand
gesture, miidra rtsam pa dzam ba parched barley
flour
pir bir brush
rtswa ris dza ree depictions of grass
pir dong bir dong brush container
rus kha rii kha bone colour
pir kha bir kha brush point
sa dkar sa gar white earth
pir spu bir bu brush hair
sa tshon sa tson earth pigment
pra rtsi drak dzi varnish
sbyar ljang jar jang "compounded
rab gnas ram nay ritual consecration green", a mixture
of a sacred image of indigo and
rag rdul rag diiU powdered-brass imi- orpiment
tation gold sdom tshad dom tsay abbreviated method
rams ram indigo of drawing propor-
tionallines
rams se ram se light indigo colour
se ba'i me tog se way me tok a wild rose, the
ras gzhi ray shi cotton support of petals of which
the thangka yield a yellow dye
rdo thaI do thaI/do thay lime ser ljang ser jang yellowish green
rdo tshon do tson mineral colour ser nag ser nag yellowish brown
rdo zho do sho slaked lime ser po ser bo yellow
rdzogs tshon dzo(k) tson "complete colour", ser skya ser gya pale yellow
the painting method
using opaque colours sgom thag gam thak band wrapped
around the legs by
applied in distemper
yogis in meditation
rgan sha'i mdog gen shay dok the colour of an old sha bcad shab jay outlining of flesh
person's flesh
sha dkar sha gar light flesh colour
rgya ljang gyajang "Chinese green",
verdigris? sha dmar sha mar reddish flesh colour
rgya mthing gya thing "Chinese blue" sha kha sha kha flesh colour
rgya mtshal gya tsal/gya tsay Chinese or Indian sha mdangs sham dang the shading of flesh
vermilion
sha ser sha ser yellowish flesh
rgya skyegs gya gyek lac dye colour
rgya smug gya muk maroonish brown; shing bu shing bu stirring stick
deep maroon
shing tsha shing tsa Indian cassia,
rgya snag gya nag Chinese ink Cinnamomum
rgya tsha gya tsa sal ammoniac tamala
(ammonium chlor- shugs pa shug ba juniper
ide)

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