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nuns for its inmates. The nuns of Tibet have the reputation of 
being pure as only the most ~ligiously disposed among the fair 
sex betake themselves to monustic life. The red-cap Lamas gener- 
ally keep concubines called Anz who often dress as nuns. 
Marriage being the exclusive privilege of the eldest brother in 
a landholder’s family, the younger brothers seldom care to share 
try allows. They generally keep concubines. It is true that 
there is marriage among the rich cultivators and herdsmen, but the 
majority of the common people make family in wedlock either 
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betan male is generally less jealous than the Tibetan female 
which cireumstan s given rise to the formation of that much 
Ra-DENG. 
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The monastery of Radeng was founded by Dom-ton-pa ' in the 
year 1056 A.D. Many predictions were on record in some of the 
in thick forests of firs, ced presses, and junipers. It abounds 
im numerous brooks and fountains, which d very good water 
Nine mountains, the culminating cliffs ich have various 
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valleys which open to the east and west of Ra-deng have spacious 
Plateaus rich with verdure. On account of the tall and horn- 
lke shape of the trees growing in this place, the monastery of 
oak al A coon oatac 
SRE RA] sgay | NEATSAI 
