Shendar ding, village of, 205, 214.
Shenrab mivo, chief deity of the Bonbo, 205;
his descendants, 206.
Shenrezig, the god, 76;
incarnate in Tamdrin, 138, 139;
famous statue of, in Lhasa, 152;
statue at Potala, 168;
incarnate in Dalai lama, 171;
one of his favourite resorts, 229.
Shen-tang srung-lug, sect of Bonbo, 208.
Shen tsang family, 206, 207;
—lug, sect of lamas, 208.
Sherab dongbu, cited, 177.
Shetag mountains, 231.
Shetama, maidservant, 96, 150.
Shetoi, village of, 129.
Shetot. See Shetoi.
Shigatse, town of, 43;
market at, 47, 51, 52;
people dishonest, 111;
climate, 113;
return of U. G. to, 211.
Shikya, village of, 238.
Shing donkar, village of, 146.
Shinyer, or foreman, 146.
Sho, tenth of an ounce, 184.
Shong la, 238.
Shong-mar-tse, village of, 210.
Shong chu, 242.
Shugpa tang, 29.
Shulenpa, title given the Kalon, 174.
Shyati-ling, village of, 235.
Sikhs, at Shigatse with envoy of Kashmir, 52.
Sikkim, north-west boundary of, 2;
Tibetan pottery sold in, 66;
Rajah’s sister, 206.
Sing-dong, waterfall in the Tsang-po, 125.
Singing songs, 108;
birds, 221.
Singli mountains, 2, 5, 6, 20.
Singma la, 237.
Slate, wooden, used to learn to write on, 81.
Small-pox, fear of, 105, 110, 193;
in Central Tibet, 126;
at Nangartse, 130;
ceremonies for recovery, 130;
persons ill with, 143;
prayers for recovery, 146;
spread of, in Lhasa, 155, 170;
near Sakya, 238;
hospitals for, 242;
treatment of, 257.
Snakes, at hot springs, 205;
their bite rare, 258;
treatment of, 258;
eaten by Lalos, 258.
Snow-shoes, 26.
Soap, substitute for, 100. [282]
Social divisions of Tibet, 246, 247.
Solpon, or steward, 50;
chenpo, or cup-bearer of the Dalai lama, 167.
Sonam chuphel, the Desi, 172.
Sonam-gyatso, the Dalai lama, 172.
Songkar, village of, 220;
origin of name, 221;
la, 221.
Srang, or ounce, 182.
Sri Dandi, his Kavyadarsha found, 112;
minister’s opinion of, 112;
study of it by S. C. D., 113.
Srang-btsan gambo, King, his Chinese wife, 151;
image of Shenrezig, made by him, 152;
his soul absorbed in it, 153;
image of king, 153;
his stone seat, 153;
picture painted with his blood, 159;
his image in Potala, 168;
temple built by, 230, 232.
Stag, stuffed at Gyantse, 91.
Stirrup-cup, 28.
Store houses in Djong, 177.
Stove, earthenware, 60, 112, 162.
Stuffed pheasants, 8;
animals of Gyantse, 91.
Sumdongma plain, 29.
Summer retirement of lamas, 214, 261.
Sunapara, village of, 70.
Sundub phug, 18.
Surgeons, college of, at Lhasa, 195, 196.
Surveying mode followed for Gyantse, 86, 87;
minister wants to learn, 101.
Swallows, 43.
Ta-chien-lu, the town of, 156.
Tag, village of, 220.
Taga-sho, village of, 226.
Tag chhen Panda. See Tag-tsan bumba.
Tagkar-sho, ruins of, 226.
Tagmar. See Tamar.
Tagnag, village of, 211.
Tagong. See Taugang.
Tag-po, birth-place of new Dalai lama, 161;
annexed to Sakya, 240.
Tag-tsan bumba, shrine of, 231.
Taimen, hamlet of, 75.
Taisamling college, 119.
Takoar, village of, 1.
Tale of the two friends who tried to deceive each other, 92–94.
Ta-lung, village of, 216.
Tama chu, lake, 15.
Tama la, 22.
Tamalung, village of, 142, 236.
Tamar, village of, 43.
Tamarisk trees, 230.
Tambur valley, early inhabitants, 3, 27;
Khola Limbu, 20.
Tamdrin, the god, 22;
see also Hayagriva;
incarnation of Shenrezig, 138;
destroys demon, 139.
Ta miran kukyab, crags, 22.
Tana, village of, 209.
Tanag, village of, 66;
estate of minister at, 125;
visited by U. G., 204;
incarnate lama at, 241.
Tanag Donphug, lamasery of, 241.
Tandub, temple of, 230.
Tang-da. See Tanta.
Tanglung, village of, 40.
Tang-pe, valley of, 204.
Tangye-ling monastery, 149, 195;
regent taken from, 173.
Tang-tong gyal-po, King, builds bridge over Tsangpo, 143;
his other works, 143.
Tanka, Tibetan coin, 39.
Tanta, hamlet of, 217.
Tao valley, 238.
Taranath lama, early residence, 209.
Targod chyi-khang, author lodged in, 45;
leaves it, 111.
Targye, village of, 41, 211, 244.
Tarmima. See doche.
Tarpa gang, 34.
Tashi-chos ding monastery, 24.
Tashiding hill, at mouth of Kalai river, 6.
Tashigang, village of, 74, 101, 121, 123, 204.
Tashigong, village of, 243.
Tashi-gyantsa, village of, 62, 69, 125;
description of, 69.
Tashi lama. See Panchen lama.
Tashilhunpo, frontier of, 40;
author’s first journey to, 40;
arrival at, 43, 44;
residence at, 45 et sqq.;
beauty of, 45;
illumination of, 56;
worship of Emperor of China in, 60;
view of, 69;
employés living at Tashi-gyantsa, 69;
inscription relating to founder of, 114;
great temple of, 114, 117;
S. C. D. leaves it for Lhasa, 124;
house in Lhasa belonging to, 149;
final departure from, 237.
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Tashi-rabka, 32, 35, 36, 77;
wall at, 36;
bridge at, 37;
traders at, 38.
Ta-tsan or colleges of Tashilhunpo, 117.
Ta-u, relay of horses, 52;
officers of the, 63;
tax, 182;
by whom due, 185.
Taugang, village of, 74.
Tax-collectors, 177;
duties and rights, 184.
Taxes, 181;
exempted classes, 182;
fixation of, 182, 183;
lamaseries exempted from, 183;
assessments, how made, 183;
on wine, 183;
on store-keepers, pedlars, 184;
paid to landlords, 213.
Tea, drinking, 24, 49, 77–80;
“general tea,” 132, 205;
varieties at Lhasa, 159;
its introduction into Tibet, 159;
grace before drinking, 167, 168;
drinking by lamas, 207.
Teak wood pillars, in Jo khang, 163.
Tebong, village of, 39.
Telephone invented by lama, 208.
Teling, hamlet of, 76.
Temple, description of, at Dongtse, 78;
at Gyantse, 90;
at Samye, 222;
at Sakya, 239.
Tertalingpa family, 235.
Theft, how punished, 187;
ordeal for determining, 189.
Thorny shrub on Oma tang, 129.
Threshing, method of, 216, 218.
Tib chu, 218;
village of, 218; la, 217, 218.
Tibgyu chu, 39.
Ti chu, 145;
bridge over, 145.
Tiger, in Sikkim, 14;
stuffed, at Gyantse, 91.
Timkra la, monkeys near, 2.
Timpon, police court of Lhasa, 174.
Tingri djong, 50, 121;
road to, 50;
general at, 80;
visited by Amban, 178.
Tingugma, village of, 29.
Tinkar la, 84.
Tinki, peaks of, 238.
Tinle-gyatso, the Dalai lama, 159.
Tisrong detsan, King, 222;
his image, 223;
founds Samye, 225;
monastery built by, 230.
Tobacco, smoking forbidden in Tashilhunpo, 119;
by lamas generally, 119.
Tobgyal, palace of, 199;
Panchen lama dies there, 203, 214.
Toilung, village of, 145.
Toilung chu. See Ti chu.
Toilung Tsorphu, 50.
Toi Suduling, monastery of, 218.
Toitsi, village of, 143.
Toll, bridge, 184.
Tom chu, 238.
Tombs, of Panchen lamas, 56, 69, 118;
of Dorje phagmo, 136, 137;
of first Dalai lama, 169.
Tomse-gang, square of, 155.
See also Gya-bum gang.
Tondub Khangsar, family, 55;
office at, 62;
passport from, 67.
Tondub ling, 209.
Tongbu, village of, 142.
Tong chu, 204.
Tonglo mountain, 5.
Tong-shoi. See Dong-sho.
Tonmi Sambhota, the minister, 168.
Ton namgyalling Jong. See Tos-nam-gyaling.
Toothache, caused by worms, 60;
its prevalence in Tibet, 260.
Torma offerings, 56, 126, 262.
Tos-nam-gyaling, town of, 218.
Tovo Metsig-pa, the god, 153.
Trade, between Lhasa and China, 156;
customs in Tibet, 191, 192.
Trap, for pheasants, 14.
Treasury of Tibet, 51.
Trees sprung from hair of saint, 227.
Troops, their pay, 180.
Tsa-khang, village of, 144.
Tsal-pa-nang, ruined village, 144.
Tsamba, parched barley meal, 40;
how eaten, 112.
Tsandan-yu lha-khang, temple of, 232.
Tsang khang, or “chief temple,” 151, 153.
Tsarong chu, 238.
Tsa tsam, 33.
Tsang, or Ulterior Tibet, 41;
generals in, 80.
Tsang-po, the river, 66;
waterfall at entry into Bhutan, 125;
first view of, 142;
bridge over, 143;
crossing of by boat, 143;
crowd near Tashi-gang, 204;
ferry at Rag-tso, 209;
passage near Kideshor, 219;
at Samdub, 227;
ferry at Logang, 228;
journey along, 234, 235.
Tsari, country of, 88, 125.
See also Yaru tsang-po.
Tse-chan monastery, 84;
one of most ancient in Tibet, 87;
doctor from, 121.
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Tse-chog ling, incarnate lama of, degraded for adultery, 133;
regent chosen from, 173.
Tse-chog-pa monastery, 234.
Tse-dung, or lama officials, 176;
their number and duties, 176;
linga, 262.
Tse labdra school of Potala, 176.
Tse-pa-med, the god, coral image of, in Ramoche, 165;
image at Samye, 222.
Tse-tang, town of, 228, 229;
lamaseries at, 230;
lamas from, 232;
returns to, 234.
See also Che-thang.
Tsha-bu-na. See Tsal-pa-nang.
Tsi-khang, or Bureau of Accounts, 175.
Tsipon, or accountant, 50, 81.
Tso chung donka, lakelets, 22.
Tso dom-dongma, lake, 17.
Tsog-chen shalnyo, his annual reign in Lhasa, 266.
Tsog-chi, village of, 75.
Tso khang, or hall of worship, 57.
Tsomoling, the regent, 156;
his reforms, 157;
anecdote concerning, 156, 157;
regent chosen from, 173.
Tsomoling lamasery, 157.
Tsomo tel-tung, 211, 243;
visit to lake, 244.
Tsong du ta-tsang. See Chong du-chog.
Tsong-khapa, his birthday, 56;
lamasery, near Gyantse founded by, 84;
image at Gyantse, 90;
crown on Lhasa Jo-vo presented by, 152;
his statues at Lhasa, 152, 153;
rock discovered by, 152;
stone lamps given by, 153;
his prayer-meeting, 198;
place where he took his vows, 233.
Tsoni, in Amdo, 156.
Tsopon, or head of village, 176.
Tsorpu monastery, 145.
Tubdan, lamasery of, 204.
Tuchung Jong. See Darchung djong.
Tu Kham, or upper (Stod) Khamdo. See Khamdo.
Tu-lug, family of Bonbo, 207.
Tung-chen, chief secretary, 47;
goes to Dongtse, 69;
his dress, 69;
his birth place, 70;
visit to his mother, 71.
Turnip, 32.
U, or Central Tibet, 61.
Uddayani, dance in celebration of birth of, 210.
Ugyen-gyatso, lama, 1, 24, 27;
goes to Gyantse, 81;
his visit of Gyantse, 85–88;
surveys the town, 86;
questions traders, 105;
sent to the Lachan pass, 105, 106;
recommends S. C. D. to friend, 107;
prepares for journey, 110;
leaves Shigatse, 111;
returns to Gyatso-shar, 196;
botanizes, 201;
visits Bonbo sanctuary, 205, 206, 207, 208;
revisits Rigyal Sendar, 213;
returns to India, 216.
Ulag, hardships on people, 51, 53, 66, 179;
given Chinese Amban, 63;
given all soldiers and merchants, 179;
definition of, 182;
by whom due, 182, 183;
who exempted, 183.
Underground monastery, 38.
Urga, the town of, 209.
Usury, 190.
Vaccine, author brings some to Tibet, 105.
Vaidurya Ta-tsan, 195.
Vajra Akshobhya, the image of, at Lhasa, 155.
Vermicelli, 59.
Visvakarma, sculptor of image of the Buddha, 151.
Wallung, village of, 24;
road to, 29;
lamasery of, 31;
district of, 36;
traders from, 37.
Wangdan, village of, 75.
Wangdu chorten, of Lhasa, 155.
Washing hands before meals, 99.
Watchmen in fields, 2.
Water, cold, not drunk, 112.
Weather makers, 24.
Well, mode of drawing water, 73, 87, 195.
Wena, village of, 39.
Wheat, grown at Chu-shul, 144;
near Lhasa, 145.
Willow trees, 70, 73, 76, 118;
near Lhasa, 144, 145, 149;
at Tos nam-gyaling, 218;
near Samye, 224, 226.
Winds, at Shigatse, 109.
Wine, not allowed lamas, 90.
Witchcraft, spread of, 212. [285]
Wolves, 36.
Women, occupied in business, 55;
their labours, 72;
sell in market, 85;
not in business at Shigatse, 85;
harshly treated, 99;
dress of wealthy, 121;
make bricks, 143;
official duties towards, 177;
when unclean, 214;
purification of, 214.