File:"Yanggo Gompa" (on Lake Manasarovar) - Illustration number "256" - Image from page of "Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet" (1909).jpg
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[edit]Description"Yanggo Gompa" (on Lake Manasarovar) - Illustration number "256" - Image from page of "Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet" (1909).jpg |
English: Identifier: transhimalayadis02hedi
Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Text Appearing After Image: xLvii THE GOSSUL MONASTERY 147 pieces of cloth arranged in circles to form two nests, inwhich two monks sit during the night service. On thealtar table before Sakya-munis image stan.d forty bowlsfilled with water, and on another table some peacocksfeathers in a silver vase, with which the gods are sprinkledwith holy water to the cry Om a hum. In former times robbers and footpads harboured here,and had their hiding-places in the caves below the monas-tery. From these they fell upon the pilgrims and killedmany of them. Then the god of Tso-mavang appearedto Jimpa Ngurbu, a noble lama, and ordered him to buildthe monastery, that it might be a sure stronghold for theprotection of pilgrims, and for the honour of the gods.Even now the country is not safe. Last year twoscoundrels, who had plundered the nomads, were takenand executed ; and we ourselves saw ten Gurkhas, armedwith guns, who rode past us in search of a robber bandwhich had stolen their horses and sheep. The monks said that the la Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |
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