Artist's rendering
Qa is a mythical primate of Tibet that is covered with thick, dark hair. It has a sloping forehead and a short tail.
Description
It lives in caves. It was first encountered by the earliest human inhabitants of Tibet, but subdued long ago by migrating humans.
Source
Chronicle of Sba b’zed ‘zabs btagsma, attributed to the ninth-century minister gSal-snan of the sBa clan, in Rolf Alfred Stein, ed.,Une chronique ancienne de bSam-yas, sBa-bzed (Paris: Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises, 1961).