Dechog Nyoton Trulzhig Chojey travelled to Bhutan via Monlakarchung mountain passing through Choker toe and Tang valley looking for this place following the directives. It was at the later age of Nyo Gelwa Lhanangpa few years before his death the Sumthrang monastery was founded by his son under his directives.
This blog contains personal views and small research articles by the author that deals with history of Sumthrang monastery and its family. Some published articles may be found contradictory to one another as the author goes on writing with his recent findings. The author would be revisiting his past articles to correct in line with his recent findings.
My writing here are never confirmed but a personal arguments and findings that would yet have more questions. While the blog maintains to be in relation to this monastery, the author intends to write more on histories any time he come across something to be shared.....
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Thank you for this page and the information in it. I have one comment/remark though. As far as I always hear people (Bumthaps) speak about the monastery, it is called Sumphrang. In Choeke and Dzongkha orthography, this becomes gsum-'phrang 'three dangerous passages?) and is nowadays pronounced as sumthrang (at the time when writing down the name it might well have been sumphrang though, even in Tibetan). However, I think it would be advisable to stick to the original pronunciation in the local language rather than use the (basically, corrupted) pronunciation according to the Choeke orthography. So sumphrang, not sumthrang...
ReplyDeleteYes Tim partially right. but local would pronounce it as Sombrang not Sumphrang. In choekye Sumphrang will be pronounced as 'Sumthrang' as you would probably know. I used Sumthrang, to get the pronounciation right although while writing in choekey/dzongkha it can be transliterated as Sumphrang. But meaning is quite different, it is not three dangerous or treacherous path. It means the place of tri-junction. Because the old path from Bumthang Tang to Lhuentse via Shingkhar passes from Sumthrang and a path from Ura joined the east west path at this place making it a tri-junction, which is referred to as 'lam Phrang sum dang gdn pai gnys' (La'm thrang Sum dang dhen pai nye). That's why I used Sumthrang for Sumphrang in English phonetic and it is not transliteration of the name in choekey. If I am to use the transliterated version of the name then you are right it should be Sumphrang. Any ways thanks it was a helpful comment. Thank you very much.
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