tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post1104734572165511193..comments2024-03-07T23:17:00.748-08:00Comments on Philologia Tibetica: ཁྱེར། གྲོང་ཁྱེར། ཁ་ཁྱེར། སྤྱན་ཁྱེར། མེ་ཁྱེར། Dorji Wangchuk (Kuliśeśvara)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02042613761261634658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-33425971002884637702016-01-20T00:27:29.641-08:002016-01-20T00:27:29.641-08:00Dear D, thanks. Yes I also think that grong, grong...Dear D, thanks. Yes I also think that grong, grong khyer, grong brdal, and the like are differentiated in the Vinaya sources. Warm wishes from icy HH.<br /><br />D.Dorji Wangchuk (Kuliśeśvara)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02042613761261634658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-29195482860118263742016-01-19T04:38:59.387-08:002016-01-19T04:38:59.387-08:00Dear D., I'm still puzzled after reading all ...Dear D., I'm still puzzled after reading all of these ruminations, and am not sure if any explanation has taken place, or if the sense of the syllable khyer has even begun to dawn on me. Usually grong-khyer (Skt. nagara) is understood as bigger than a grong (Skt. grâma), and unlike the grong containing all 18 of the professional craftsmen (metal workers, wood workers, etc. etc.). But being puzzled is the natural state of the sangsaric mind, so I'll try and get used to it, as I have been.<br /><br />I should add that the version of the Rgya bod tshig mdzod chen mo that has English (i.e., the Bod dbyin tshig mdzod chen mo), at p. 343, has this entry for khyer: [1] Imperative of 'khyer ba. [2.1] khyim dang ra ba: dwelling, perimeter. Examples: kha khyer/ railing (vedikâ), grong khyer/ city, khyer gzhan gyis bar ma bcad pa/ not blocked off by another dwelling. [2.2] (rnying) khang thog/ roof.<br />At least two old-style glossaries of obsolete terms give the meaning of khyer as khang thog, or 'roof.'<br />I'm off to my Tuesday class.<br />Yours, D.<br />Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.com