Monday, May 31, 2010

ཊིབེཏ Tibet ≠ China 中国

ཊིབེཏ Tibet ≠ China 中国 (Zhōngguó,The Middle Country)
In Tibetan language, Tibet is བོད། (Bod pronounced Pö) not Tibet (ཊིབེཏ )
བོད། (Bod); བོད་ཡུལ། (Bod.yul); བོད་ལྗོངས། (Bod.ljons)
TIBET means The Heights (from the Turkic word Tobad);
or The Heaven (from the Sanskrit word Trivishtapa).
the abode of the Brahmanas who attain salvation.
Kangchen,གངས་ཅན། (Gangs can): "Land of Snows/ The roof of the world"
China is རྒྱ་ནག། (rGya.nag); རྒྱ་མི། (rGya.mi)
Of course, Tibet is not China.
China means the Chinese civilization (華夏,Huáxià)

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