mendangn.

Brit.

/mɛnˈdaŋ/, U.S.

/ˌmɛnˈdɑŋ/

Forms: 1800s– mendong, 1800s– mendoṅ, 1900s– mendang, 1900s– mendung.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a misunderstanding of a Tibetan phrase; the element men- may represent Tibetan máṇi mani n.²The term seems not to be in general use among Tibetologists. In Tibetan maṇi'i rdo-'bum, lit. ‘a hundred thousand mani stones’ and maṇi'i rdo-p῾uṅ lit. ‘a mass of mani stones’ appear to be usual.

In Tibet, south-western China: a wall in which are inlaid or incorporated flat stones bearing sacred texts, prayers, or images; = mani wall at mani n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > prayer-wall

mani1818

mendang1854

prayer wall1872

Wailing Wall1878

Western Wall1899

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. 236 We had passed some mendongs and chaits, the latter very pretty stone structures.

1895 L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet xi. 264 The Mendoṅs..are faced with blocks bearing in rudely cut characters the six-syllabled mystic sentence ‘Oṃ maṇi pädme hūṃ’—the same which is revolved in the ‘prayer-wheels’, and usually called Maṇi.

1925 J. 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.

1952 H. W. Tilman Nepal Himalaya i. iv. 39 These walls or ‘mendongs’, which are seven or eight feet high, must be passed on the left.

1972 J. Godden & 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.

1972 J. Godden & R. Godden Shiva's Pigeons ii. 88 It is reverent to pass a mendung on the right-hand side.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mendang
释义	mendangn. Brit. /mɛnˈdaŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɛnˈdɑŋ/ Forms: 1800s– mendong, 1800s– mendoṅ, 1900s– mendang, 1900s– mendung. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a misunderstanding of a Tibetan phrase; the element men- may represent Tibetan máṇi mani n.²The term seems not to be in general use among Tibetologists. In Tibetan maṇi'i rdo-'bum, lit. ‘a hundred thousand mani stones’ and maṇi'i rdo-p῾uṅ lit. ‘a mass of mani stones’ appear to be usual. In Tibet, south-western China: a wall in which are inlaid or incorporated flat stones bearing sacred texts, prayers, or images; = mani wall at mani n.² ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > prayer-wall mani1818 mendang1854 prayer wall1872 Wailing Wall1878 Western Wall1899 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. 236 We had passed some mendongs and chaits, the latter very pretty stone structures. 1895 L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet xi. 264 The Mendoṅs..are faced with blocks bearing in rudely cut characters the six-syllabled mystic sentence ‘Oṃ maṇi pädme hūṃ’—the same which is revolved in the ‘prayer-wheels’, and usually called Maṇi. 1925 J. 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. 1952 H. W. Tilman Nepal Himalaya i. iv. 39 These walls or ‘mendongs’, which are seven or eight feet high, must be passed on the left. 1972 J. Godden & 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. 1972 J. Godden & R. Godden Shiva's Pigeons ii. 88 It is reverent to pass a mendung on the right-hand side. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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