Mourning, signs of, 203; on death of Panchen lama, 214, 256; of abbots and others, 256.
Mountain sickness, see la-dug; tops, prayer and offering, 142.
Mudang phug, 22.
Mug, village of, 39.
Mu-li-ding-ki tso, image of new Dalai lama appears on its waters, 161.
Murder, punishment for, 187; ordered for proving, 189.
Murmis, at Shigatse with envoy of Kashmir, 52.
Murwa, bier, 3; fields of, 7.
Musk deer, 29; near Yamdo tso, 140.
Nabso la, 141.
Nachung chos-kyong, oracle of, 146; description of temple, 146; consulted as to successor of Dalai lama, 160; of regent, 173; of Sakya Panchen, 241.
Nagshu chyema, 221.
Nagtsa-shar, or Black Court, 174.
Nag-wang lob-zang, the fifth Dalai lama, 169; first sovereign of Tibet, 172.
Nag-wang lo-zang tubdan gya-tso, the present Dalai lama, 161; description of, 167.
Naga, district of, 123.
Nagpa, or sorceress, 75, 109; — khang, 114, 118.
Nag-wang kun-bzang, a Dorje phagmo, 137.
Na-Pematang, paradise of the Lep-chas, 21.
Nairanjana, sand from the river, 152.
Nam, hamlet of, 144.
Nambu, village of, 43; la, 43.
Nambura, village of, 8, 10.
Namga stream, 21.
Namga-tsal, 13, 21.
Namgyal Ta-tsan, of Lhasa, 143, 168, 169.
Namring monastery, 78, 209.
Nangartse djong, 63, 129, 130, 140.
Nango ferry, 228; la, 22, 38, 29.
Nanin monastery, 87.
Nari ta-tsang, monastery of, 226.
Naring, village of, 211.
Nartang, town of, 70, 237.
Natog, village of, 72.
Ne-dong djong, 230.
Nembotong, village of, 75.
Nepal, war with Tibet, 36; friendly relations with Tibet, 181.
Nepalese, at Shigatse, 52; their trade with Tibet, 68; in Gyantse, 85; in Lhasa, 149, 150; in Samye, 222; at Tse-tang, 230.
Nesar, village of, 76.
Netang, village of, 144, 145, 196.
Nettle, giant, in Sikkim, 5, 7.
New moon ceremonies, 133.
New Year’s Day, 107; festivities for, 112, 113, 260, 262–266.
Ngambu dung la. See Nambu la.
Niru chu, 87.
Noga slope, camp at, 17.
Noijinhamara temple, 224.
Noi-jin kang-zang mountains, 87, 129.
Noijin norpa zang-po mountain, 129.
Non chu, 208.
Norbu gang, hamlet of, 145.
Norbu linga, palace of, 147.
Norgya Nangpa, 72.
Norpa khyung-djin, ruins of lamasery, 75, 123.
Num chu, its course, 70.
Nuns, 121; and monks living together, 232.
Nyagpa, or sorceress. See Nagpa.
Nya-kri btsan-po, King, 230, 232.
Nyang choi jung Nyimai odser, title of historical work, 94.
Nyang chu, 72, 73, 75; extent and fertility of, 83; source of, 87; an affluent of, 101; headwaters of, 129; bathing in, 214.
Nyema lung. See Melung.
Nyen. See Nango ferry.
Nyer-tam. See Netang.
Nyingma, sect of lama, 37; impostor of, claims discovery of sacred volumes, 94; nuns, wear long hair, 121; Palti djong one of its strongholds, 141; holiest shrine of, 232; colour of buildings, 238. See also Red-hat sect.
Oath, form of, in Tibet, 107.
Offerings to gods, 78, 134; at a haunted spot, 141; on tops of mountains, 142.
Om-dse, or master of ceremonies, 115, 205.
Om mani padme hum, cut on rocks, 38; when recited, 55.
Oma tang, plateau of, 129, 236.
