Personal blog of Dorji Wangchuk alias Kuliśeśvara (Germany). It is for pure speculations and reflections.
July 27, 2013
རྭ་སྒྲེང་།
What would be the etymology of rwa sgreng? As Ulrike Rösler reports, in the local language (of lTan?) it means chu mig ring mo (?). Rwa =? fence or horn? sgreng =? to be upright?
I think sgreng-ba being the active purposeful form of 'greng-ba, it must mean "to make a horn to rise up." Or maybe just "rising horn," which could describe a geographic feature of the area., like a mountain peak or something. At same time, I am in no position to argue against Ulrike's argument that it means 'perpetual [water] spring.' There is a holy spring there that the pilgrims are supposed to go to, so maybe that could explain why local people would want to associate the name with the spring? I don't know.
Dear Dan, yes I think one would normally think along what you suggest. But (as a Tibetan saying goes) if I have not been to lHa-sa myself, you can tell me anything about the place. :-) D.
Sigh... what you say is soooo true. We went past both Reting and Taglung, seeing them from a distance, but didn't go to look closer, thinking there would be a next time...
I think sgreng-ba being the active purposeful form of 'greng-ba, it must mean "to make a horn to rise up." Or maybe just "rising horn," which could describe a geographic feature of the area., like a mountain peak or something. At same time, I am in no position to argue against Ulrike's argument that it means 'perpetual [water] spring.' There is a holy spring there that the pilgrims are supposed to go to, so maybe that could explain why local people would want to associate the name with the spring? I don't know.
ReplyDeleteDear Dan, yes I think one would normally think along what you suggest. But (as a Tibetan saying goes) if I have not been to lHa-sa myself, you can tell me anything about the place. :-) D.
ReplyDeleteSigh... what you say is soooo true. We went past both Reting and Taglung, seeing them from a distance, but didn't go to look closer, thinking there would be a next time...
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