Vol. a a1 9.] Ethnography of the Bashahr State. 569 
Halé mé shijat ringtoyin ? Bdangkhoni yeng yobchen ; 
atth andé yobchen, halé ma shijat ringtiyin 
hilam sdlam méni, gydlbo% Dumig Lémd 
gydlbéi Dumig Léma Kanshydkch thoiich Sleds 
Translation, 
Dumig Lama proceeded from Gafigyul! to Kénam. 
In the upper part of the village is a place called Santan. 
There dwell a pair of beautiful maidens of rosy an 
O beautiful maidens, please prepare food for m 
Oh! they do not even favour me with a as ‘then what 
‘hope is there of a reception. 
O Dumig Lama, don’t sound your pony ’s little gas 
You are not worthy of these minister’s daughter 
Tell me why not? Is not a stirrup always Ba Sen the 
feet ? 
Stirrup, which costs eight annas, is worthy of the feet. 
I, I the Raja’s Dumig Lama, am not an ordinary Lama, 
For, I have learnt the holy book called Katishy4kch* by 
heart. 
Loons Ldmd’s Sone. 
The following song was composed in 1897, when the Rim- 
béchhé® Loché Lama was invited by the late Tiké Raghu- 
nath Singh, C.I.E., of Bashahr, Had Tassilumbé, 4 which is 
about three marches this side of Lhéssa,® to consecrate a 
Buddhist temple called Dumgyur at Ramptir. Locha 
has a monastery at Kanam® called the Lochau-labrang. He 
stayed at Ramptr more than a year and was respected by all 
the Kandwar people. Kandwar is his native land, and he is 
said to be an incarnate Lama. 
Thochdlo shong té, sarpa ytine zargyos, 
Mi té li loshé, nu ‘hati cahdyang ? 
Nu chhiyang chhdyang, Rimbéobhet chhdyang, 
Shong shongi bunmd, khond ira, 
Khoné Rampira, Tiké Sahibt 
Tikd § Sdhibas loshid, bichaytiydh % Rimbochhé, 
Ki Rdampir toshiyin, gomfa bu bun eae 
Loché Lamés lotash, gurt jit sina ema, 
Gurt jit wing mdema, ki sca a idahiyit 
dlchha or Gydlshé is a term for Rockahe territory, used a a a the 
1 Gy 
Tibetans, as well as by the Kandwar peo ople. 
lishydkch is Ae Tibetan se a fot the Buddhist. 
3 A title « of the Tibetan Lamas 
5 The © capital of Tibet 
§ A village in Shiwd pargand. 
