Collection |
Stationery (Writing/Printing Materials/Tools) |
Headword |
དུག་ཤོག ། dug shog |
Translation |
“poisonous paper” |
Description |
The Tshig mdzod chen mo (s.v.) explains dug shog as “paper made of poisonous [shrub] re lcag” (dug re lcag gis bzos pa’i shog bu). Jäschke, on the other hand, simply calls it “poisonous paper” (Jäschke 1881: s.v. dug). That Tibetan paper is poisonsous has been reported by travellers who visisted Tibet. For example, Marion H. Duncun observed: “Insects, eating at the paper die, for the small schrubs of the Daphne family, used in the making of the paper, is poisonous ” (Duncan 1964: 73). Freddie Spencer Chapman’s (1907–1971) also stated: “Owing to the poisonous nature of one kind of bark used, no insects will attack Tibetan paper; on the other hand, people who have to spend much time with these books complain of severe headaches” (Chapman 1938: 176). |
Sources for Term |
Tshig mdzod chen mo; Jäschke 1881; Duncan 1964; Chapman 1938. |
