Lhasa and its mysteries : with a record of the expedition of 1903-1904 / by L. Austine Waddell.

  • Laurence Waddell
Date:
1906
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    Mahatmas, 409 Mahomedan consul in Lhasa, 356, 359 Maitreya, the Coming Buddha, 368 Mallard, 182, 208, 487 Mammals of Central Tibet, 479 Man, prehistoric, caves of, 289 Manasarowar lake, 433 Mandarins, hats of, 165, 338 Miinctongs, 85 Maui formula, 22 ; colour of letters, 322 ; power of, 29 Manjusri, god of wisdom, 85; coloured photo of, 426 ; spell of, 87 Manning, Mr Thos., 12 Manuscripts, Indian, 227, 321, 410 Map, author’s, of Lhasa, 327, 342 ; early Jesuit, 7, 298 ; of environs of Lhasa, 246; of Gyantse post, 246; of route from India, at end; of Tibet and surrounding countries, 4 ; physical, with districts of Tibet, 40 Maples, 315 Marco Polo, 26, 89, 345 Mareca penelope (wigeon), 487 Marestails, 328 Marigold, 335 Markets, 209, 344, 476 Markham, Sir C., 10 Marmots, 482 Marpo-ri or Potala hill Marriage, 346. See celibacy and polyandry Marshmallows, 328 Mascots, 224, 375 Mass, 223, 226, 304, 367, 402 ; words of, 403 Mastiffs, 89, 304 Maxims, moral, Tibetan, 210 Measure, unit of length, 354 Medical aid to Tibetan wounded, 161, 162, 163, 192; books, 377; notions, 377, 378 Medicine, temple of, 376 Melanocorypha sp. (calandra lark), 486 Mendongs, 85 Mereury, 475 Mercy, begging for, 160; goddess of, 209; colour photo of goddess of, 426 Merganser castor (goosander), 140, 487 Merula sp. (ousels), 486 Messiah, the Buddhist, 31, 368 Meteorology, statistics of, 455 Mice, 4S2 ; sacred, 371 Migratory birds, 140, 441 Mila, Saint, 237, 238 Military forces, composition of, 58, 266 Militia, Tibetan, 167 Millet, 439 Milvtts, melamotis (kite), 485 Mimicry in birds, 138 Ming cloisonnd, 224, 296 Minister. See Shapi Mint, 354, 427 Miracles, 26, 275 Mirage, 121 Mishmi tribe, 503 Misser, peasantry, 195, 235 Mission, British Political, of, 1903-04, 40, 54' 55- 57 1 at Chumbi, 59, 82, 114; at Guru, 153, 155, 156; at Gyants£, 203, 204, 246, 247, 250; at Khamba Jong, 55 ; at Lhasa, 332, 355 : at Tuna, 108, 147, 148, 150; negotiations, 55, 148, 149, 261, 268, 272, 291, 314, 325, 332, 412 ; secures treaty, 416 Missions, Christian, in Batang, 46; in Kalimpong, 69 ; in Lhasa, 11, 425 ; in Nepal, 11 ; in Tachienlu, 46, 358 Mithan, 439 Mo river, 90, 91 Moghul empire, break-up of, 43 Monal, 137, 480, 487 Monasteries, 197, 361 ; fortified, 197, 216 Monastery, at— Chakpori, 376; Chaksam, 314; Chatsa, 115, 116; Dapung, 374, 412; Dongtse, 275 ; Gahldon, 399 ; Gyantse, 197 ; Kargyu, 85 ; Kundeling, 375 ; LapchT, 177 ; Lhasa, 361, 376 ; Muru, 402 ; Nachung, 382 ; Naini, 193 ; Net’ang, 321 ; Palkor, 197 ; Potala, 393 ; Ralung, 283; Ratbd, 322 ; Sakya, 26; Samding, 293; Samva, 381, 440; Sera, 372; Shalu, 1S0; Tengyeling, 424; Tsechen, 202 ; Yangtse, 431 Ling, or royal, 334, 342, 375, 427. See “hermit” and “monasteries.” State, 112 Money, 103, 354 Mongolia, Grand Lama of, 27, 413 ; introduction of Lamaism into, 26 ; people of, 343 Monkeys, legendary ancestry from, 23 5 pets, 480