Khraldupa, or tax-collector, 177, 184.
Khunpodo village, 217.
Khyab-gong, a lama title, 132.
Khyungar, village of, 228.
Kiki-naga, residence of Panchen’s mother, 120.
Kiku-tamsa, a storehouse, 119;
pictures hung up on it, 119, 199.
Kinkab, or brocaded silk, 60, 127.
Kingfisher, or Nyang chu, 84.
Ki phug, 33.
Kirong, district of, 52.
Kissing among the Golog, 197.
Kitchen of Dalai lama, 262.
Kon-chog sum, used to translate “god,” 77.
Konjo, the Princess, brings image of Buddha to Tibet, 151;
other services rendered by her, 151;
temple built by, 155;
founds Ramoche, 165;
her image at Potala, 168.
Kongpo, province of, 125, 161, 183;
goitre prevalent in, 258;
Gyamda, town of, 161.
Korchagpa, or policeman, 148.
Kosi river, its source, 242.
Kuchar khanpo, official of Dalai lama’s household, 167.
Ku-dag, or gentleman, 165.
Kumba karna mountain, 15.
Kunduling, palace of regent, 147;
monastery, 73.
Kunga nyingpo, hierarch of Sakya, 240.
Kunga zangbo, of Sakya, 240.
Kun-khyab ling, palace of Panchen lama, 57, 61, 211.
Kunyer, or keeper of holy images, 84, et pas.
Kurim, or guilt offering ceremony, 263, 264.
Kurma, village of, 42, 43, 211.
Kushi Khan, confers sovereignty of Central Tibet on Dalai lama, 172.
Kutuketu, a Mongol, 126.
Kyab-dvang chenpo. See Minister of Temporal Affairs.
Kye-na. See Kena.
Kye-pa Khangsar, minister’s house at, 94, 95.
Kyi chu, the river of Lhasa, 144, 145;
rock which keeps back its waters from Jo khang, 163.
Kyil khang Ta-tsan, 119.
Kyi-phug nunnery, 102.
Kyil-khording temple, 149, 150;
square in front of, 155;
New Year’s ceremonies at, 265.
See also Jo-vo Khang.
Kyishong, village of, 235.
Kyoga, village of, 211.
Labrang, or episcopal palace, of Tashilhunpo, 62, 69;
full name given, 120;
at Sakya, 239.
Labrang dokpa (camp), 43, 211.
Lachan, frontier post, 40, 50, 59, 77.
Lachang pass, 84;
shortest road to Sikkim, 84.
Lachmi pokri, lake, 16.
Ladak, pilgrims from, at Gyantse, 89.
La dug, mountain sickness, 15, 17.
Lamas, at Tashilhunpo, 48;
music by, 57;
noviciate of, 57;
studies, 91;
taking [275]vows, 113;
early rivers, 113;
dance, 114, 117, 118, 204, 210, 263;
from Khams, as traders, 156;
officials, 176;
revenues of, 182.
Lamb skins, lining of clothing, 67.
Lampokri. See Tama chu lake.
Lamps, lit on New Year’s eve, 120.
Lamteng valley, monkeys in, 2.
Langbu la, 38.
Langdarma, King, 153;
destroys Samye, 225.
Lang la, 237.
Langma, village of, 129.
Lasa, village of, 209.
Lawsuits, how settled, 178.
Lebor, a measure of distance, 185.
Leeches in Sikkim, 5.
Leopards in Sikkim, 14, 18;
snow leopards, 20;
stuffed at Gyantse, 91.
Lepchas, their fishing, 2;
mode of killing monkeys, 2;
notices on, 5;
priests, 6;
marriage, 6;
burials, 6;
no religion, 7;
paradise, 21.
Leprosy, its cause and treatment, 259, 260.
Letter writing, difficulty in Tibetan, 49.
Lha-bab ri, sanctuary of, 232.
Lhacham, or lady of rank, 121;
stops at Nangartse, 130;
her drawing-room, 161
arranges audience with Dalai lama for S. C. D., 165;
to whom title given, 174.
Lhadong, village of, 210.
Lhagpa-tsering, the charity of, 64.
Lhakha, peak of, 38.
Lha khang, or temple, 31.
Lhamo sung chyong-ma, oracle of, 173, 211.
Lhari-zim phug, monastery, 88;
books at, 88.
Lhartse djong, 209.
Lhasa, tribute sent it by Kashmir, 52;
its war with Kashmir, 53;
stops travel to and from India, 63;
road to, best season to travel, 85;
enforces strict rules as to foreign travel, 103;
protests against Panchen taking vow of monkhood, 120;
S. C. D. advised not to stay long at, 128;
first view of, 145, 146;
enters city, 147;
description of streets, 148, 149, 150;
filth in streets, 155;
view of from Potala, 166;
author leaves, 195.
Lhasre, a title, 126;
to whom given, 174.
Lha-tsun, Buddhist saint, legend connected with, 21;
lived at Manding gomba, 30, 31;
founded Dongtse gomba, 78;
books concerning, 88.
Lhena djong, 72.
Lhimpotse, village of, 237.
Lhokha country, 216.
Lholing, village of, 66.
Lhopas, Southerns, 21;
various kinds of, 125;
marriage customs of, 125;
raid country round Lake Palti, 216.
Limbudu, country of the Limbu, 3, 4.
Limbus, their fishing, 2;
tilling, 3;
early habit at, 3;
called Chung by Lepchas, 3;
houses, 3;
customs, 4;
cultivation, 6;
priests, 6;
physicians, 7;
woman, 9;
marriages, 10;
divination, 11;
use khatag, 12;
burial services, 12;
a Limbu legend, 20.
Ling, the four great of Lhasa, 173;
of Samye, 222.
Ling, village of, 217.
Lingbo chen. See Lhimpotse.
Lingkor, circumambulation, 87;
of Lhasa, 169.
Lithographic press, brought to minister, 50, 59;
fear it might spread small-pox, 105;
first printing on, 107.
Lito phug, division of Gyantse, 87, 91.
Lobding, country place of minister, 70.
Logang ferry, 228.
Loh-bu Jong. See Ling.
Lomba hills, 221.
Lora, village of, 242.
Luguri djong, 43, 211.
See also Jong Luguri.
Lu khang, or “snake house,” of the Jo khang, 163;
palladium of Tibet preserved in, 163.
Lumber for Lhasa, 221.
Lungkyong chu, 29.
Lungmo la, 14.
Lung ta, or “wind horse,” 149;
keeps off leprosy, 259.
Lupa gyaltsan, a friend of author’s, 50, 104, 107. [276]
Machen, or chief cook, 45.
Machig labdron, saint, 227, 228.
Magar tribe, 26.
Mahakala, a patron god, formerly Matrankaru, 139.
Maitreya, image of, at Gyantse, 90;
at feast at Shigatse, 199;
worship of, 200.
Mamo, the goddesses, or she-devils, 22;
towers sacred to, 76;
images of, 99.
Manding monastery, 29, 30;
its importance, 31.
Manidara, 3.
Mantra (charms) recited, 34, 41;
author not proficient in, 59;
continual repetition of, 90.
Mapham, lake, 53.
Map-ja, village of, 242.
Magpon, or general, 178.
Mang ja, or “general tea,” 132, 133, 205.
Mani lhakhang, or prayer wheel temple, 73, 74, 76;
of Tashilhunpo, 119.
Market of Shigatse, provisions brought, 69.
Markham, the province of, 76.
Marmots, 242.
Marriage ceremonies of Bonbo, 208;
customs of Tibet, 247–250;
forbidden degrees of consanguinity, 251;
polyandric, 251, 252.
Marsh, near Lhasa, 146.
Mastiffs, chained before gate, 70;
stuffed at Gyantse, 91.
Matrankaru, the demon, 138;
destroyed by Tamdrin, 139.
See also Mahakala.
Maudgalyayana, disciple of the Buddha, 152;
his bill preserved at Lhasa, 152.
Mayaphug, 29.
Me agtsoms, King, orders the Tsang-po to be whipped, 221.
Meals, at Tashilhunpo, 46, 48, 49;
supplied tailor, 62;
with the Deba Shikha, 71, 72;
of high officials, 82;
with minister, 83, 98, 99;
with Lupa gyaltsan, 107.
Medicine, given by S. C. D. to Tibetans, 41, 54, 98;
bought at Darjiling, 42;
given to Tibetan lady, 121;
given him by the Dorje phagmo, 132, 133;
by lamas, 134;
used by Tibetans, 257.
Melung, village of, 217.
Mende, village of, 41.
Mendong, or stone piles, 3, 4, 15, 32, 64, 69, 87;
of Bonbo, 206.
Mice, tame in chapel, 159.
Mikyod dorje, the god, 155.
Milarapa, saint, a legend concerning, 153, 154.
Militia, Tibetan, 40;
commanded by Amban, 178;
how recruited, 180.
Mindol-ling lamasery, 234, 235.
Minister, Prime, 173;
Council of Ministers, 173;
duties of, 173, 174.
Minister of Temporal Affairs of Tsang, 41, 51;
letter to, 49;
his country house at Lobding, 70;
receives author at Dongtse, 76;
his literary work, 78, 80;
talk with author, 80;
learns to write Roman characters, 81;
learning English, 83;
his mother visits him, 94;
exorcises evil spirits, 101;
wants to learn surveying, 101;
promises to facilitate author’s journey to Lhasa, 101;
promises to send S. C. D. to Lhasa, 106;
studies with author, 108;
speaks Mongol, 109;
interest in astronomy, 109;
views on stars, 110;
lodges S. C. D. in his residence, 110, 111;
does not eat in the afternoon, 112;
speaks of Panchen of S. C. D., 120;
ordains priests, 120;
S. C. D. takes leave of, 128;
stricken with small-pox, 169, 196;
writes in Roman character, 202.
Mint of Lhasa, 171.
Mipon, or headman, 176.
Mirkan la, 22.
Mirkan Pandita, a Mongol, 124.
Mishmis, the, 123.
Misser, peasantry or serfs, 51;
how to be treated by officials, 177;
property of, 182.
Missionaries, feared in Tibet, 193.
Mitogang road, 2.
Mi-wang, King, his birthplace, 75.
Miza lakelet, 32.
Mongol, in Tashilhunpo, 48;
lama, failed at examination, 48;
punishment for forgery, 56;
pilgrims at Tashilhunpo, 109.
Monkeys in Sikkim, 2.
Monks, admission to the Kham tsan order, 57.
Mon lam, or prayer meeting, 198, 262, 265.
Month, fourth, the holiest, 133. [277]
Mourning, signs of, 203;
on death of Panchen lama, 214, 256;
of abbots and others, 256.
Mountain sickness, see la-dug;
tops, prayer and offering, 142.
Mudang phug, 22.
Mug, village of, 39.
Mu-li-ding-ki tso, image of new Dalai lama appears on its waters, 161.
Murder, punishment for, 187;
ordered for proving, 189.
Murmis, at Shigatse with envoy of Kashmir, 52.
Musk deer, 29;
near Yamdo tso, 140.
Nabso la, 141.
Nachung chos-kyong, oracle of, 146;
description of temple, 146;
consulted as to successor of Dalai lama, 160;
of regent, 173;
of Sakya Panchen, 241.
Nagshu chyema, 221.
Nagtsa-shar, or Black Court, 174.
Nag-wang lob-zang, the fifth Dalai lama, 169;
first sovereign of Tibet, 172.
Nag-wang lo-zang tubdan gya-tso, the present Dalai lama, 161;
description of, 167.
Naga, district of, 123.
Nagpa, or sorceress, 75, 109;
— khang, 114, 118.
Nag-wang kun-bzang, a Dorje phagmo, 137.
Na-Pematang, paradise of the Lep-chas, 21.
Nairanjana, sand from the river, 152.
Nam, hamlet of, 144.
Nambu, village of, 43;
la, 43.
Namga stream, 21.
Namgyal Ta-tsan, of Lhasa, 143, 168, 169.
Nangartse djong, 63, 129, 130, 140.
Nango ferry, 228;
la, 22, 38, 29.
Nanin monastery, 87.
Nari ta-tsang, monastery of, 226.
Naring, village of, 211.
Natog, village of, 72.
Ne-dong djong, 230.
Nembotong, village of, 75.
Nepal, war with Tibet, 36;
friendly relations with Tibet, 181.
Nepalese, at Shigatse, 52;
their trade with Tibet, 68;
in Gyantse, 85;
in Lhasa, 149, 150;
in Samye, 222;
at Tse-tang, 230.
Nesar, village of, 76.
Netang, village of, 144, 145, 196.
Nettle, giant, in Sikkim, 5, 7.
New moon ceremonies, 133.
New Year’s Day, 107;
festivities for, 112, 113, 260, 262–266.
Ngambu dung la. See Nambu la.
Niru chu, 87.
Noga slope, camp at, 17.
Noijinhamara temple, 224.
Noi-jin kang-zang mountains, 87, 129.
Noijin norpa zang-po mountain, 129.
Non chu, 208.
Norbu gang, hamlet of, 145.
Norbu linga, palace of, 147.
Norgya Nangpa, 72.
Norpa khyung-djin, ruins of lamasery, 75, 123.
Num chu, its course, 70.
Nuns, 121;
and monks living together, 232.
Nyagpa, or sorceress. See Nagpa.
Nya-kri btsan-po, King, 230, 232.
Nyang choi jung Nyimai odser, title of historical work, 94.
Nyang chu, 72, 73, 75;
extent and fertility of, 83;
source of, 87;
an affluent of, 101;
headwaters of, 129;
bathing in, 214.
Nyema lung. See Melung.
Nyen. See Nango ferry.
Nyer-tam. See Netang.
Nyingma, sect of lama, 37;
impostor of, claims discovery of sacred volumes, 94;
nuns, wear long hair, 121;
Palti djong one of its strongholds, 141;
holiest shrine of, 232;
colour of buildings, 238.
See also Red-hat sect.
Oath, form of, in Tibet, 107.
Offerings to gods, 78, 134;
at a haunted spot, 141;
on tops of mountains, 142.