Guest guest Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 Dear friends, I am doing research on sacred mountains in the Tibetan tradition, more specifically in Sikkim, India. Can anyone please tell me the sanskrit name of Mt. Kanchendzonga located in Sikkim, it is now regarded as a tibetanised landscape. I am told it used to be a female mountain, before it was transformed into a male warrior mountain and patron deity of Sikkim by the Buddhists during the 17th century. I request both the sansritists, indologists and Tibbetologists to help me in my research Can anyone give me some references, apart from B. Steinmann's work. warm regards vibha Univ. of Oxford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 Dear Ms. Arora, I remember there is an article probably published in Central Asiatic Journal long ago on Kanchendzonga, its etimology etc. The author argues that it is not a Sanskrit word "Kaa~ncanaja.nghaa" but a Tibetan one. At this moment I do not remember the details, whether the author mentions any Sanskrit words for it. I do have a copy of that article. If you have not come accross with this article and would like to read it, I'll find it and send you the details. With regards, Shrikant Bahulkar Message: 13 Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:16:15 +0100 "Vibha Arora" <vibha.arora (AT) ANTHROPOLOGY (DOT) OX.AC.UK> Query Dear friends, I am doing research on sacred mountains in the Tibetan tradition, more specifically in Sikkim, India. Can anyone please tell me the sanskrit name of Mt. Kanchendzonga located in Sikkim, it is now regarded as a tibetanised landscape. I am told it used to be a female mountain, before it was transformed into a male warrior mountain and patron deity of Sikkim by the Buddhists during the 17th century. I request both the sansritists, indologists and Tibbetologists to help me in my research Can anyone give me some references, apart from B. Steinmann's work. warm regards vibha Univ. of Oxford ______________________ ______________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2001 Report Share Posted April 20, 2001 Perhaps useful: a) Geoffrey Samuel, et al., Tantra and popular religion in Tibet, Aditya Prakashan, Delhi 1994 b) Toni Huber (ed.), Sacred spaces and powerful places in Tibetan culture: a collection of essays. Dharmasala, 1999, 403 p. c) (enjoyed browsing very briefly) Toni Huber, The cult of Pure Crystal mountain: popular pilgrimage and visionary landscape in southeast Tibet, OUP, 1999. -------------------- The editor of tamil sangam classics, UVS, among others have written that buddhist Potalaka is mount Potiyil/Malaya in S. India. GaNDavyUhasUtra, an early mahAyAna work, has several S. Indian sites (little veiled) mentioned. With data from Tamil and other sources, we can determine many places of the South where the merchant prince Sudhana visits kalyANamitras. Stephen Hodge told that GaNDavyUha translations exist in Tibetan, hope Tibetologists do academic study and translation of the GV comparing with Skt. and Chinese versions. Regards, N. Ganesan INDOLOGY, "Vibha Arora" <vibha.arora@A...> wrote: > Dear friends, > I am doing research on sacred mountains in the Tibetan tradition, more > specifically in Sikkim, India. Can anyone please tell me the sanskrit name > of Mt. Kanchendzonga located in Sikkim, it is now regarded as a tibetanised > landscape. I am told it used to be a female mountain, before it was > transformed into a male warrior mountain and patron deity of Sikkim by the > Buddhists during the 17th century. > I request both the sansritists, indologists and Tibbetologists to help me in > my research > Can anyone give me some references, apart from B. Steinmann's work. > warm regards > vibha > Univ. of Oxford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2001 Report Share Posted April 21, 2001 > See my reply to this query. The word appears to be Tibetan, resembling the Sanskrit one. Shrikant Bahulkar > (1) Kanchendzonga > > Perhaps this *is* its Sanskrit name? Kaañcana-janghaa [dot over last n], > "having golden shanks"? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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