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[^o. 2, 
H. Francke — A collection of Ladakhi Proverbs. 
24. (a) 
(6) a’ba shi’in sam’spirma 
star’gan cig’la cila ma tsong’s. 
(c) If you thought [knew], that father will die, 
Why did you not sell him [before dying] for an old horse. 
(d) Used derisively. You could not help your misfortune 
just as you cannot sell your father. 
(e) Samspin a contraction of bsamspa yin, 
25. (a) 
(6) zod’pa Ita’bui ge’va med 
zhed’dang Ita’bui dig’pa med. 
(c) There is no virtue like patience ; 
There is no sin like hatred. 
26 . (a) 
(6) La’ma rang’go ma thon’na 
shin’poi yar’dren ci co’in. 
(c) If the Lama’s own head does not come out [cleanly], 
how will he manage (do) the drawing upwards of the 
dead. 
(d) Used for deriding the immoral life of the lamas. 
(e) Thonces is verb neuter of htonces, to put out. 
27. (a) 1 
(h) shi’song shi’song zer’na 
shin’mig ri’na Ite’n. 
(c) If you say “ he is dead, he is dead,” 
The eye of the dead will look out of the hill. 
(d) Ladakhi superstition. It is not good to speak much of a 
dead man, his eye might frighten the speaker. 
