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</ling =- ‘ The place of happiness.’ It is a rich arable site with 
extensive marwa cnltivation. 
Rin-CHHEN-pung ( Ang . Ringkingpung) = rin-chhen, precious -f 
pung, a heap or knoll, ‘ The precious knoll.’ The soil is rich 
and fertile. 
For names of other monasteries see under the heading of Village - 
names. 
VILLAGE AND OTHER PLACE-NAMES. 
Lepcha Place-names. 
When the place-name indicates the site of a village the suffix kyung 
or kyong = ‘ village,’ is added ; and for a site without any existing 
village lay-ang = ‘ a place or tract ’ is added. 
Ali-bong (Ang. Lebong spur) = a-li a tongue + a-bong, mouth. 
A tongue-\ike spur of land below Darjiling. 
Pa-dam-tam (Ang. Badamtam) = Pa-dam, a large species of bam- 
bu (Dendrocalamus Hamiltonii, N. et A.) from which water- 
vessels (‘ chongas’) and marwa jugs ‘pa-hip’ are made: it 
grows only below 4,000 feet + tam, a contraction for par-tdm, 
a level spot. ‘ The padam-h&mbu bank: ’ here formerly was 
a forest, the nearest to Darjiling, of this kind of bambu which 
is in much demand. 
Yokri-eong = Yokri, India-rubber tree (Ficus elastica) here abun¬ 
dant + bong, (= Tibetan ) a stump or foundation, hence 
also a residential site. A village founded among (the stumps 
of felled or simply among) ‘ rubber ’ trees. 
Kanki-bong = Kanki, the ‘ padma ’ tree (Prunus puddum , Roxb.) 
here abundant + bong. 
Kung-bong = Rung, a (any) tree -f bong. 
Kol-bong = Kol, a walnut tree, here abundant + bong. 
Po-bong = Po, a large kind of bambu -f bong. 
Nak-gri (Ang. Nagri) = Nak, straight -f gri, a high stockaded fort. 
Tung-sung = a stockade. 
Nam-fok = fat + hollow, ‘ the fat hollow.’ 
Nam-tsu (Ang. ‘Namchi’) = Nam fat + tsii, Government. ‘The 
Government of the fat site.’ 
Pa-zok (Ang. ‘Pashok’) = ‘jungle.’ Here the dense sub-tropical 
‘jungle’ or forest of the Tista valley commences. 
Sana-da (Ang. ‘ Sonadah ’) = Sana , a bear + da, a lair = ‘ the 
bear’s lair.’ Bears are still in the neighbourhood. 
Tsong-kyung = Tsong, the Limbu tribe + kyung, a village. A 
village founded and still mainly inhabited by Limbus. 
