December 21, 2011

དུད་འགྲོ།

dud ’gro:

mgo sa la dud cing lam ’gro bas na dud ’gro || “On account of going (’gro) along the way by stooping (dud) [its] head,  [an animal] is called ‘stoop-goer’.” See also the dGe chos gsung ’bum (vol. 8, p. 75): btud de ’gro ba “that which goes by bending/stooping.” Cf. “gebückt gehend” (Hahn 1985: 291). The Tibetan dud ’gro is said to be a calque (i.e. a loan translation) of the Sanskrit tiryañc.  

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