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mendang|mɛnˈdæŋ|
Also mendong, mendung.
[Tibetan.]
A sacred wall composed of flat stones carved with Buddhas or religious texts. Also attrib.
1925J. A. Hammerton Countries of World VI. 3946/2 The mendangs—long walls in the middle of the road composed for the most part of inscribed stones. 1939M. Pallis Peaks & Lamas vi. 65 Each entrance to a village is marked by a mendong or Mani wall, a low cemented breast⁓work upon which innumerable flat stones carved with sacred texts in low relief have been laid, the accumulated offerings of local piety. 1952H. W. Tilman Nepal Himalaya i. iv. 39 These walls or ‘mendongs’, which are seven or eight feet high, must be passed on the left. 1960‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer x. 94 A mendang wall in the town, the sacred wall. 1972J. & R. Godden Shiva's Pigeons ii. 88 Mendungs—low stone walls—carved..are built beside mountain tracks and along the trade routes of the north⁓eastern passes. Ibid., It is reverent to pass a mendung on the right-hand side. |