Western Tibet and the British Borderland: The Sacred Country of Hindus and Buddhists, with an Account of the Government, Religion, and Customs of Its PeoplesVerslag van een reis door het westen van Tibet en het noorden van Brits-Indië, gemaakt in 1905. |
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Alexis Almora altitude amongst Askot Badrinath Barkha Tarjum Bhot Bhotias Brahma Buddha Buddhism called camp ceremony Chinese Chortens cloth cold colours custom Daba dacoits Dalai Lama Darma death deity demons descend Dokpa eastern Bhotias fact Garbyang Garhwal Garphans Gartok girl goats gods Gurla Mandhata Gyanema hand heaven hills Himalayas Hindu Hinduism Holy Lakes India Johar Jongpen Kailas KALI RIVER Karnali Karnali river Kumaon Kungr Pass Ladakh Lamaism Lhasa Lipu Lekh Pass live Longstaff Mansarowar Lake marriage Milam miles Missar monastery Mount Kailas mountains Nanda Devi Nanda Kot Nepal Nepalese Nirba Niti officials ordinary Padme Hung peaks pilgrims plains ponies PRAYER-POLES priests Rajbar Rakas Rawats ridge road rope round route Rudok sacred sheep Shiva shrine side snow spirit spot stones Taklakot tents Tibetan trade traveller Untadhura Pass valley Viceroy village Western Tibet whole women worship yaks
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Page 46 - The name of the first is Pishon : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel : that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Page 239 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 42 - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Page 47 - The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel : that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Page v - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Page 42 - Not by winds is it shaken, nor ever wet with rain, nor doth the snow come nigh thereto, but most clear air is spread about it cloudless, and the white light floats over it. Therein the blessed gods are glad for all their days, and thither Athene went when she had shown forth all to the maiden.
Page 36 - In a hundred ages of the gods I could not tell thee of the glories of Himachal, where Siva lived and where the Ganges falls from the foot of Vishnu like the slender thread of a lotus flower.
Page 236 - ... 1. Thou shalt not kill. 2. Thou shalt not steal. 3. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 4. Thou shalt not lie.
Page 36 - Himachal, though he should not behold him, is greater than he who performs all worship in Kashi (Benares).
Page 168 - The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.