དུག

JH-ENG, DM, JV, IW, RY

poison

JH-SKT, YOGA

viSa

JH-SKT

{C,MSA}*

OT

[1258] ... 1) sman gyi ldog zla/ ... rang bzhin gyi dug ... 'gyur ba'i dug ... sbyar ba'i dug ... mthong dug ... reg dug ... chang dug ... sha dug ... zas dug ... dug 'gog pa/ ... dug ngan/ ... dug phog pa/ ... dug btab pa/ ... rang skyon btang snyoms bzhag pa dug ... dug kha la bzas na rang nyid pham/ ... ming gi rnam grangs la ka ko la dang/ 'joms byed ster/ nag po brtsegs/ be'u'i lte ba/ tshangs pa'i bu/ rab tu gsal bcas so/ 2) dug gi gzugs su bkod pa'i nyon mongs/ ... dug bcom pa/ ...

DM

On * folklore, see David-Neel, My Journey to Lhasa 303. Maraini 54-5. Also, McGovern's travel book. Refers to contaminants of all sorts and not '*' exclusively. Sha dug (meat contamination) for instance, means contamination found in flesh foods, what we would popularly know as 'food poisoning' (although of course it is likely to be caused by microorganisms). Reg dug (touch contamination) may at times refer to syphillis. Tibetan medicine recognizes many different types. Text 10, et passim.

JV

*, venom

IW

1) * [syn: [ka ko la dang, 'joms byed ster, nag po brtsegs, be'u'i lte ba, tshangs pa'i bu, rab tu gsa]; 2) (met) the kleshas. 1) *; 2) the kleshas. *[ous], venom[ous], warm[th], light a fire

RY

*, poisonous, venomous