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and undeformed monks (= Tasang) and especially associated 
with Guru Rimbochhe who is worshipped here. 
Ta-ka Tashi-ding ( Ang . Tashiding) = brag (= tag,) a rock 
+ ^*1^’ dkar, white + 6kra-shis ( pr . ta-shi) glory 
cs 
4 - Zding, a soaring up or elevation. ‘ The gompa of the 
elevated glorious white rock.’ The site, a bold high promon¬ 
tory at the junction of and between the Great Rangit and 
Ratong rivers, is believed to have been miraculously raised up 
by Guru Rimbochhe, and amongst other traces a broad longi¬ 
tudinal white streak in the rock is pointed out as being the 
shadow of that saint. 
~v 
Pho-dang (Ang. Padung) = pho-Zdang, a sloping ridge ; 
such is the site of this gompa and the usual spelling of the 
name. As, however, this is the ‘ chapel-royal ’ of the raja, it 
seems possible that the name may be pho-dang = 
palace, ‘ the gompa of the palace.’ 
La-brang (La-brang) = 5T bla, a contraction of lama or high-priest 
+ brang, a dwelling. Here is the chief monk’s dwelling, 
N. B. —This is one of the very few words in which hr is lite¬ 
rally pronounced as spelt. ^ 
Dorje-ling (Ang. Darjeeling) = ^ T ’^' rdo-rje ‘the precious stone 5 
or ecclesiastical sceptre, emblematic of the thunder-bolt of Sekra 
c\ 
(Indra or Jupiter) -f ajCJ pling, a place. The monastery from 
which Darjiling takes its name, and the ruins of which are still 
visible on Observatory hill, was a branch of the Dorjeling, usually 
curtailed into Do-ling (Ang. Dalling) monastery in native 
Sikliim; and to distinguish it from its parent monastery, it 
was termed Wang-dil Dorje-ling dwang, power + 
bdu.s, accumulated or concentrated) on account of its excellent 
situation, and powerful possibilities. 
De-thang = Be, a kind of tree (Daphne papyraceae , Wal.) from 
the bark of which ropes and paper are made -+• 8^’ tliang, a 
meadow = ‘ the gompa of the Be meadow.’ Here these trees are 
abundant. 
■v 
Ri-Gon (Ang. Ringim) = ri 4* dgon, a hermitage = ‘ the 
hermitage hill.’ It is situated near the top of the hill. 
■v 
To-lung = rdo, a stone 4- 31^’ lung, a valley. This valley is 
remarkably rocky, and avalanches of stones are constantly 
falling in showers. 
N 
En-CHE = SH 3 )' dwen, (pr. en), a solitary place 4- fclie, a tongue, 
A monastery on a tongue-shaped spur. 
