41* The Paladins of the Kesar-saga. A Collection of 



Sagas from Lower Ladakh, Tale No, V* 



By A. H. FiiANCKE. 



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APPENDIX. 



The Tale of ySero-i huzhung. 



, Not e . 



The tale of ySerri htizhnng being extremely similar to the last 

 paii of the tale of Gongma huthsa's boy and rGyaUa dKarpo^ I do 

 not consider it necessary to give an abstract of contents. Still, it 

 is quite worth while to give the Tibetan text, as it shows again how 

 far certain versions of the Kesar-saga may differ from one village 

 to another. The tale of ySerri hnzhnng represents the Sheh 

 version. It was told by Zarra of Shell, and written dowTi by 

 Shamuel Joldan of Leh. It has not yet been published in its 



original form* A small number of copies of it w^ei'e printed in 

 an aiTanged form, suitable for school use. 



Vocabulary and Notks. 



dPdllepa, the ^ glorious one,' name of one of the ogres ; the name 

 is evidently borrowed from that of an Agu, 



pMmo^ perhaps more correctly pimo^ female mouse ; if phimo is 



correct, it could be explained as phyimo, foreigner. 

 'abtingj to be put up. 

 semaj syllables without a meaning, put in only foi' tilling up the 



line. 

 rnyily the same as snyilha^ throw down, 



ra, the same as dgra^ enemy, see Lad. Grammar, Introduction, 

 slielli huzhung^ the 'crystal boy,' another name of the ' golden boy/ 

 rgyalluy the same as rgyalhii^ pnnce. 

 Jchang ngu la phing yin^ they will turn them out [of the castle] 



into a little hut. The general custom of Ladakh. When the 



children arc grown up, they send their parents out of the 



house. 

 rting rgyal la^ with face tui^ned to the ground, 

 rtil sbang, horse-dung. 

 'olgong, milk. 

 nadnas tong^ instead of nadla Uyng^ ' give it to the sickness I ' a curse. 



The ablative is often used for dative and terminative, 

 soy beings songmabcings * she who binds sheaves ! ' name of the 



golden boy's second wife, 



rtsagste^ piling ^P* 



^adoly the same as rdolhay come out, 



dgongs phabces^ to make a halt. 



