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THE YEAR AND ITS DIVISIONS.
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the new moon.1 The twelve months, in Tibetan Dava,
are called the hrst, second, third month, &c, from one
to twelve, or also by the names of the cyclic animals
with the word "Dava'"added.2 The months are sub-
divided into thirty days, in Tibetan Tsei, which arc
quoted by their numerals, and into weeks, in Tibetan
Gungdun. Within the week the days bear the names
of the sun, moon, and five planets.3 Certain symbolical
signs are also connected with the different days, as in
the following enumeration:
Number
of the day
within the
Celestial body.
Tibetan name.
Symbolical sign.
week.
1
The sun.
Nyima.
A sun.
2
The moon.
Dava.
A waning moon.
3
4
5
Mars.
Mercury.
Jupiter.
Migmar.
Lhagpa.
Phurbu.
An eye.
A hand.
Three nails.
G
7
Venus.
Saturn.
Pasang.
Penpa.
A garter.
A bundle.
The t
ays are subdivi<
led into twenty-
four hours, each
hour into sixty minutes, in Tibetan Chusrang.
1 So my brother Hermann, the Chinese description of Tibet, and Hue.
Turner, however, was informed that the first month was January; "Embassy,"'
p. 321.
2 Cunningham's "Ladak," p. 39(5. Csoma and Schmidt, Dictionaries sub
roce zla.
3 In the Chinese description of Tibet it is said that the five elements are
introduced in the denomination of the days of the week, but I have found
nothing at all tending to confirm the statement.
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289
the new moon.1 The twelve months, in Tibetan Dava,
are called the hrst, second, third month, &c, from one
to twelve, or also by the names of the cyclic animals
with the word "Dava'"added.2 The months are sub-
divided into thirty days, in Tibetan Tsei, which arc
quoted by their numerals, and into weeks, in Tibetan
Gungdun. Within the week the days bear the names
of the sun, moon, and five planets.3 Certain symbolical
signs are also connected with the different days, as in
the following enumeration:
Number
of the day
within the
Celestial body.
Tibetan name.
Symbolical sign.
week.
1
The sun.
Nyima.
A sun.
2
The moon.
Dava.
A waning moon.
3
4
5
Mars.
Mercury.
Jupiter.
Migmar.
Lhagpa.
Phurbu.
An eye.
A hand.
Three nails.
G
7
Venus.
Saturn.
Pasang.
Penpa.
A garter.
A bundle.
The t
ays are subdivi<
led into twenty-
four hours, each
hour into sixty minutes, in Tibetan Chusrang.
1 So my brother Hermann, the Chinese description of Tibet, and Hue.
Turner, however, was informed that the first month was January; "Embassy,"'
p. 321.
2 Cunningham's "Ladak," p. 39(5. Csoma and Schmidt, Dictionaries sub
roce zla.
3 In the Chinese description of Tibet it is said that the five elements are
introduced in the denomination of the days of the week, but I have found
nothing at all tending to confirm the statement.
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