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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
SAHIBGÂNJ—SANG GYE CHI KU SUNG THUG CHI TEN. 241
S a h i b g a n j , in Bengal, Lat. 26°, Long. 88' 6 ~,,~ l,~ Arab. Hind.
"Lord's market." Also used by the Muss&lmans as the name for Gaya , q. v.
Salarpur, in Hindostan, Lat. 29°, Long. 79° , ~~LA Hind.
"Chiefs town."
S a l i m a b a d, in Bengal, Lat. 22°, Long. 87° vl~l Arab. Pers.
"Salem's town." Salim, pacific, mild, is a personal name. The same name in Lat. 23°, Long. 87°.
Anal. Salim-pur, Lat. 26°, Long. 80°.
S a m a n Ala, the Singhalese name of the Adam's peak, in Ceylon. . . . Singhal.
."Râma's peak." Saman is the Singhal. name for Rama; a,la, mountain, peak.
| Sambharhrad, in Rajvara, Lat. 25°, Long. 75° "Salt- lake." | 111;14W | Sanskr. |
Samgaun, properly Sem-gya-nom,
in Kamaon, Lat. 30°, Long. 79° WR>,CJrav g)74 sems-gya-nom. Tib.
"A mind'of joy and content." Sems, spirit, mind; gya-nom, joy, contentment.
The name refers to the luxuriant grass, a most pleasant sight for any-one coming from Tibet.
Sam)* in Eastern Tibet, Lat. 29°, Long. 93° Lam LLM bsam-yas. Tib.
"The thought from above." Bsam, thought, thinking; yas, the upper, from above.
Here stands the far-known temple Bima, which is described by Ssanang Ssetsen ("Geschichte der Ostmongolen," ed. I. J. Schmidt, St. Petersburg, 1829, p. 41) as a wonder of architecture. The temple was built by King Thisrong de 'tsan already as early as 811 A.D. According to a note of Klaproth to the "Chinese Description of Tibet" (Nouveau Journ. Asiat., Vol. IV., p. 281), the Chinese call it Sang yuan.
Sang g y e chi ku sung thug chi ten, the Lama name of the monastery Himis in Lachik, Lat. 34°, Long. 77° .... WZ,Wv a wYd'w `zyiwz,,' 8 zrY=Tib.
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sangs-rgyas-kyi-sku-gsung-thugs-kyi-rten.
"The support of the meaning of the Buddha's precepts." Sangs-rgyas, a Buddha; kyi is the sign of the genitive; sku, a body, a person; gsung, the precept;
thugs, heart, mind; rten, a support.
This name was met in the historical document relating to the foundation of the monastery of Himis, and it is used there as its religious name. For my view of this large monastery see Plate No. 16 of the "Atlas of Panoramas and Views." Its erection took from the year 31
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