tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post1204773817106714836..comments2024-03-07T23:17:00.748-08:00Comments on Philologia Tibetica: དཀོན་ཅོག།Dorji Wangchuk (Kuliśeśvara)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02042613761261634658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-78053579758724383952014-10-30T01:06:31.851-07:002014-10-30T01:06:31.851-07:00Yes, I think everybody, including myself, would th...Yes, I think everybody, including myself, would think that dkon mchog means “the best among the rarities.”Dorji Wangchuk (Kuliśeśvara)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02042613761261634658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-36995163923629949012014-10-29T01:43:29.781-07:002014-10-29T01:43:29.781-07:00I think konchok is simply "rarity".I think konchok is simply "rarity".Jakub Szukalskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234930162759864713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-76928739698468998192014-09-01T10:31:46.411-07:002014-09-01T10:31:46.411-07:00Dear D, A random thought is a terrible thing to w...Dear D, A random thought is a terrible thing to waste. Especially since HH the Dalai Lama V rather consistently spells Rin chen as Rin cen, and Dkon mchog as Dkon cog, in His Record of Teachings Received. Still, for some reason I was of the persuasion you were thinking of a certain commentary called the དཀོན་ཅོག་འགྲེལ་, weren't you? -DDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-24304432652696997112014-08-29T15:45:48.376-07:002014-08-29T15:45:48.376-07:00I am afraid in that case, I will have to discard m...I am afraid in that case, I will have to discard my random thought. :-(Dorji Wangchuk (Kuliśeśvara)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02042613761261634658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-13871300107002107472014-08-28T11:06:27.535-07:002014-08-28T11:06:27.535-07:00When I searched the OTDO (http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.j...When I searched the OTDO (http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp) I didn't find dkon-cog or dkon-chog one single time. I did find dkon-mchog (34 times) and dkon-mcog (6 times). What do you say to that?<br /><br />DDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-34948339390252950222014-08-18T23:59:23.266-07:002014-08-18T23:59:23.266-07:00Dear D. Many thanks, also for the English correcti...Dear D. Many thanks, also for the English correction. “All people are nice. All is well.”Dorji Wangchuk (Kuliśeśvara)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02042613761261634658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074476096730461911.post-17908745722628888432014-08-17T13:28:02.577-07:002014-08-17T13:28:02.577-07:00Well, I'd say "All that *is* rare," ...Well, I'd say "All that *is* rare," but anyway, your idea is one I think is worth considering. And Stein has something about cog being a Turkic god name, too.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.com