Tibetan people - Tibetan people The Tibetan people are an ethnic group from Tibet. They speak the Tibetan language natively and form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Tibetan race, which probably belongs to the Turko-Mongol stock, is divided between the nomadic tentdwelling Tibetans of the lake region and transition zone between it and the river region, and the settled sedentary population of the valleys. The tent-dwelling Tibetans, called Dokpa or Drupa (spelt hbrog-pa), or Steppe-dwellers, are generally of a more Mongolized type than the people of the lowlands. The head is mesati-cephalic, verging on brachycephalic in the case of many of the Dokpa; the hair is black and somewhat wavy; the eyes are usually of a clear brown, in.
Tibetan Autonomous Region - Tibetan Autonomous Region The Tibetan Autonomous Region (Xizang Zizhiqu 西藏自治区) is an administrative subdivision of the People's Republic of China. Within the People's Republic the region is used synonymously with the term Tibet, although many exile groups including the Government of Tibet in Exile consider the term "Tibet" to include regions with large Tibetan populations outside of the TAR. 西藏自治区 Xizang Zizhiqu Province Abbreviation(s): 藏 zang4 Capital Lhasa Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd 1,200,000 kmē xx% Population - Total (Year) - Density Ranked 32nd 2,630,000 2.2/kmē Administration Type Autonomous Region Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Miscellaneous topics 8.
Tibetan language - Tibetan language zh-cn:藏语 The Tibetan language, called Poe-Skey in the native tongue, is spoken by approximately 5-7 million Tibetan people in the Tibetan Plateau. There are also approximately 150,000 exile speakers. It belongs to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan linguistic family, which means that it is a distant relative of the Chinese languages. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Styles 2 Dialects 3 Writing 4 Grammar 5 Evolution of Styles 6 Phonetics 7 Studies Styles P'al-skcfd: The vernacular speech. Rje-sa ("polite respectful speech"): the formal spoken style. Ch'os-skad ("book language"): the literary style in which the scriptures and other classical works are written. The difference between P'al-skcfd and Ch'os-skad can be compared to that of Vernacular Chinese and Classical Chinese. Dialects It is not a uniform.
Nepalese People's War - Nepalese People's War Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Timeline 1.1 1996 1.2 1997 1.3 1998 1.4 1999 1.5 2000 1.6 2001 1.7 2002 1.8 2003 2 External Links Timeline 1996 February 13 Initiation of the people's war by the Communist Party of Nepal. Kathmandu: A soft-drink bottling factory owned by a multi-national company was attacked and a portion of the building torched. [1] Gorkha district A liquor factory was 'blasted'. [1] Office of the Small Farmer's Development Programme of the state owned Agricultural Development Bank in Chyangli VDC (Village Development Committee) ransacked. [1] Kavre district: An usurer's house was raided at night, properties and cash reportedly worth 1.3 million rupees were seized, and loan documents worth several million rupees reportedly destroyed. [1] Rolpa, Rukum & Sindhuli districts:.
List of people by name: Da-Dd - List of people by name: Da-Dd List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Da-Dd - De - Df - Dg - Dh - Di - Dj-Dn - Do - Dp - Dq - Dr - Ds - Dt - Du - Dv - Dw - Dx - Dy - Dz Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Da 2 Db 3 Dc 4 Dd Da d'Abbans, Claude de Jouffroy, designed the first steamship in 1783 Dąbrowska, Maria, (1889-1965), Polish writer.
Kadam - sincerity. The lineages of these teachings, both their scriptural transmission and realization, were then passed from teacher to disciple, and spread throughout much of Asia, and now to many countries throughout the western world. Buddha's teachings, which are known as Dharma, are likened, according to some adherents, to a wheel that moves from country to country in accordance with changing conditions and people's karmic inclinations. See also: Tibetan Buddhism.
Kalimpong - Tibetans also escaped to Kalimpong after fleeing the Communist Chinese invasion of Tibet. Other suggested etymologies for the name Kalimpong have included: from "ridge where we play" in Lepcha (cf. Lepcha, My Vanishing Tribe, A.R. Foning, ASIN: 8120706854) from "hillock assembly" in Lepcha (cf. The Unknown and Untold Reality about the Lepchas, K.P. Tamsang) from the fibrous kaulim plant found in abundance in the region from kali bong ("black spur") in the 'language of the local hill people' Several significant monasteries are found within walking distance of the town. Tharpa Choeling Gompa is a monastery of the Yellow Hat sect (Gelug Buddhism). Beyond it is Tongsa Gompa, also known as the Bhutanese monastery, which is the oldest monastery in the area dating to 1692. The monks there belong to the Red.
Ket language - (other than Yugh, a recently-extinct language that was clearly related to Ket). It is spoken by about 2,000 people along the middle Yenisei Basin. Attempts have been made by Soviet scholars to establish a relationship with either Burushaski or the Sino-Tibetan languages..
Korean Buddhism - which he translated, providing an important early impetus for the establishment of Vinaya studies. From Silla, Weon'gwang (c. 570-) and Jajang (7c.) also traveled to China for study. On their return they brought back numerous scriptures, and were active in the propagation of Buddhism and the construction of temples. Jajang, who was a scholar of considerable renown in the areas of Gyeyul and Weonyung, is credited for having been a major force in setting up the Korean sa?gha (monastic community), and for helping to institute the role of Buddhism as a national religion. The Three Kingdoms period is also the time of the major transmission of Buddhism to Japan. The official date of the first mission from Baekje, in which Korean monks arrived bringing Buddhist texts and images, is variously given.
History of Bhutan - mountain passes to establish the base of the present population. Arrival of Buddhism In the eight century the Indian Guru Padmasambhava arrived in Bhutan, bringing Buddhism and established a number of temples and monasteries, including the famous Taktshang monastery built high on a cliff face above Paro valley. Bhutanese Emerges as a Country Until the early 1600s, Bhutan existed as a patchwork of minor warring fiefdoms until unified by the Tibetan lama and military leader Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. Escaping political foes in Tibet he arrived in Bhutan in 1616 and initiated a program of fortification and military consolidation, overseeing the construction of impressive dzongs or fortresses such as Simtokha Dzong which guards the entrance to Thimphu valley. An insightful leader, he used cultural symbols as well as military force to establish.
Historical linguistics - quite generally agree that a relationship of genetic relatedness has been proven. Vastly more controversial are hypotheses about relatedness which are not supported by application of the comparative method. Scholars who attempt to probe deeper than the comparative method supports (for example, by trying to relate Indo-European to neighboring languages) are often accused of scholarly wishful thinking. The problem is that any two languages have a huge number of opportunities to resemble one another just by accident, so merely pointing out isolated resemblances has little evidentiary value. A famous example is the Persian word for "bad", which is pronounced (more or less) just like English "bad". It can be shown that the resemblance between these two words is completely accidental, and has nothing to do with the (rather remote) genetic connection.
History of Tibet - Tibetans are ethnically and linguistically related to the Han Chinese, and presumably the Tibetan Plateau was originally settled from China. But the extreme altitude and remoteness of Tibet, and the harshness of the climate, led to the country's isolation, and to the emergence of a separate Tibetan language and national identity, at a very early date. Little, however, is known of the history of Tibet before the 7th century AD, when Buddhism was introduced by missionaries from India, who also developed an alphabet for the Tibetan language. Mao Zedong (centre) with the Dalai Lama (right), early 1950s Ancient kingdom A series of kings between the 8th and 10th centuries created a strong kingdom which promoted Buddhism and literacy, and waged succesful wars against both China to the north and the states.
Hu Jintao - President of the People's Republic of China on March 15, 2003, following his election by the National People's Congress, thus replacing his predecessor Jiang Zemin. Hu is by training a hydraulic engineer who graduated from China's prestigious Qinghua University. According to his official biography, he possesses a photographic memory. His career is remarkable for his rapid ascendancy to power, attributed to his moderate views and careful attention not to offend or alienate his older backers. In contrast to the members of the "Shanghai clique", Hu has spent most of his career in China's poorer hinterland rather than in the economically prosperous coastal regions. That his career was in these regions also contributed to the fact that he was little known by Western analysts before his accession to power. He is the.
Geography of Tibet - Tibet, located in central Asia, is a autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. The Tibetan Plateau extends beyond the TAR into neighboring provinces and countries. Tibet is often called the "the roof of the world," comprising table-lands averaging over 4950 m above the sea with peaks at 6000 to 7500 m and includes Mount Everest. It is bounded on the North by and East by Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Sichuan, on the West by the Kashmir Region of India and on the South by Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Physically Tibet may be divided into two parts, the lake region in the west and north-west, and the river region, which spreads out on three sides of the former on the east, south, and west. The lake region extends from the Pangong.
Gelao - Gelao The Gelao people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They number approximately 438,200 and are mainly located in the western part of the Guizhou Province. Some live in Guangxi, Yunnan and Sichuan. The main religion practiced is Daoism. Language The Gelao language, belongs to the Zhuang-Dong group of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Today, only a quarter of the Gelaos still speak this language. Since the various Geloa dialects differ greatly from each other, Mandarin has been used as a lingua franca and is now the main language spoken by Gelaos. The Miao, Yi and Bouyei languages are also used. The Gelao language does not have an alphabet. Chinese characters are used instead. See.
Greek lexicon - = amerikanida American = american China = kina Chinese man = kinezos Chinese woman = kineza Chinese = kineziko, kinezika (language) Germany = germania German man = germanos German woman = germanida German = germaniko, germanika (language) Russia = rossia Japan = iaponia Spain = ispania Sweden = souidia India = india (indhia) Brazil = vrazilia Australia = afstralia Turkey = tourkia mountain = vouno, oros plant = fito flower = louloudi star = astro planet = planitis Astronomy = astronomia road = dromos street = odos right = deksia left = aristera sun = ilios rock = vrahos (vrachos) old = paleos, palios old man = geros old woman = gria young man = neos young woman = nea Christian = hristianos (christianos) Taoist = taoistis Buddhist = voudistis Muslim.
Yoga - brilliant eight-limbed system was what became the standard for almost all yoga schools that followed. Raja Yoga, being difficult to achieve (one must be focused on the Supreme), several Guru (teacher) lines came to make firm methodologies of realizing it. [A sidenote on the Guru: Emphasized by all schools of yoga as indispensable, the Guru takes on quasi-divine proportions. Acknowledged as a siddha (adept) who has attained the eight siddhis (powers) afforded by yoga (they range from transportation of the mind to anywhere into the universe to the only truly desirable power, samadhi), the Guru guides the shisya (student) through yogic discipline from the beginning. When doing yoga, the student is urged to look long and hard for a sadguru (True Teacher) and then devote himself from imbibing that Guru's learning.].
Flag of the Republic of China - navy flag of the new Republic of China in Nanjing, with the national flag being a five-horizontal stripped one, the Five-coloured Flag (五色旗) (a popular choice supported by the Senate), that represents the five nationalities of China with the longest history: Red (the Han), yellow (the Manchus), blue (the Mongols), white (the Hui), and black (the Tibetan). Sun Yat-sen, however, did not consider the five-coloured flag appropriate, offering the explanation that horizontal order implies a hierarchy or class, like those existed in the Empire. In 1913, as Yuan Shikai overtook China, Sun Yat-sen moved the nominal government to Tokyo and employed the modern flag as the national ROC flag. But even after the ROC was re-established on the Mainland in 1928, and the modern flag was made official in December 17,.
Eastern philosophy - relegated to the World Religions departments of Western universities, or to New Age nonacademic works, though there are several notable exceptions. The University of Hawaii, for example, offers many courses in Eastern philosophy [1]. The Perception of God and the gods Because of the influence of monotheism and especially the Abrahamic religions, Western philosophies have been faced with the question of the nature of God and His relationship to the universe. This has created a dichotomy among Western philosophies between secular philosophies and religious philosophies which develop within the context of a particular monotheistic religion's dogma regarding the nature of God and the universe. Eastern philosophies developed in a polytheistic setting, and have not been as concerned by questions relating to the nature of a single God as the universe's sole.
Doctor Doom - The focus of Doom's research was to construct a trans-dimensional projection device with which he could communicate with his dead mother. There was a flaw in the design which Richards pointed out to him, but Doom's pride prevented him from accepting Richards' advice and fixing the device before testing it. The machine worked perfectly for two minutes and 37 seconds, in which time Doom discovered that his mother was trapped in a hell. Then the device exploded, permanently scarring his face. Doom refused to acknowledge his own fault in the matter and blamed Richards for the accident, finding it easier to believe that Richards had sabotaged his work out of jealousy than admit to his own imperfection. Doom was expelled from school afterward, and traveled the world searching for a cure.
