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Tashi ' onMouseout='HidePop("38014")' href="/topics/Tibetan_language">Tibetan
Tibetan language
The Tibetan languages are a cluster of mutually-unintelligible Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering the Indian subcontinent, including the Tibetan Plateau and the northern Indian subcontinent in Baltistan, Ladakh,...

 word meaning "good fortune" or "auspiciousness" which figures prominently in many names of places and people. "Tashi" appears in the names of:

Monasteries

  • Tashilhünpo
    Tashilhunpo
    Tashilhunpo Monastery , founded in 1447 by Gendun Drup, the First Dalai Lama, is a historic and culturally important monastery next to Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet....

     in Shigatse
    Shigatse
    Shigatse is a county-level city and the second largest city in Tibet Autonomous Region , People's Republic of China, with a population of 92000, about southwest of Lhasa and northwest of Gyantse...

    ;
  • Labrang Tashikhyil in Amdo
    Amdo
    Amdo is one of the three traditional regions of Tibet, the other two being Ü-Tsang and Kham; it is also the birth place of the 14th Dalai Lama. Amdo encompasses a large area from the Machu River to the Drichu river . While culturally and ethnically a Tibetan area, Amdo has been administered by a...

    ;
  • Tashichoedzong
    Tashichoedzong
    Tashichhoedzong བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་རྫོང is a Buddhist monastery and fortress on the northern edge of the city of Thimpu in Bhutan, on the western bank of the Wang Chu...

     in Bhutan
    Bhutan
    Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

    ;

Persons

  • The "Tashi Lama" is a title used in older English sources to refer to the Panchen Lama
    Panchen Lama
    The Panchen Lama , or Bainqên Erdê'ni , is the highest ranking Lama after the Dalai Lama in the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism...

    ;
  • Tashi Namgyal
    Tashi Namgyal
    Tashi Namgyal was the ruling Chogyal of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963...

    , king of Sikkim
    Sikkim
    Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...

    , 1914-1963;
  • Guru Tashi
    Guru Tashi
    Guru Tashi was a 13th century prince from the Minyak House of the Kham region of Eastern Tibet. According to legend, he had a divine revelation one night instructing him to travel south to seek his fortunes....

    , legendary ancestor of the Sikkimese royal family;
  • Dakpo Tashi Namgyal
    Dakpo Tashi Namgyal
    Dakpo Tashi Namgyal was a lineage holder of the Dagpo Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He was also trained in the Sakya lineage....

    , 16th century Tibetan scholar;
  • Ngawang Tashi Bapu
    Ngawang Tashi Bapu
    Ngawang Tashi Bapu , also known as Lama Tashi, is a former Principal Chant Master of the Dalai Lama. A Monpa, Tashi was born in the Thembang village of West Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh, India and commenced formal study in 1985, at age 17. He is a multi-phonic chanter and has performed twice at the...

    , a musician known as "Lama Tashi";
  • any of several individuals named Tashi Tsering
    Tashi Tsering
    Tashi Tsering is a common Tibetan name. It may refer to:*Tashi Tsering , Tibetan Buddhist teacher, , now residing in Australia and India...

    ;
  • Tashi Wangdi
    Tashi Wangdi
    Tashi Wangdi is the Representative to the Americas for the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. He has held that position since April 16, 2005. Since 1966 he has served the Central Tibetan Administration, Tibet's government-in-exile...

    , an official in the Tibetan government-in-exile;
  • Tashi Peljor
    Tashi Peljor
    Tashi Peljor is a Bhutanese archer. Peljor is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program.-2004 Summer Olympics:...

    , a Bhutanese Olympic archer;
  • Tashi Tenzing
    Tashi Tenzing
    Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing is a Sherpa mountaineer. He is the youngest son of Pem Pem, the eldest daughter of Tenzing Norgay, who made the first ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953....

    , a Sherpa
    Sherpa people
    The Sherpa are an ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. Sherpas migrated from the Kham region in eastern Tibet to Nepal within the last 300–400 years.The initial mountainous migration from Tibet was a search for beyul...

     mountaineer;

Towns

  • Trashigang
    Trashigang
    Trashigang District is Bhutan's easternmost dzongkhag .-Culture:...

    , Bhutan
    Bhutan
    Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

    , the administrative center of Trashigang District;
  • Tashi Yangtse
    Tashi Yangtse
    Trashiyangtse or Tashi Yangtse is a small town in Yangtse Gewog, and the district headquarters of the Trashiyangtse District in eastern Bhutan.Its population in 2005 was 2735. Located in close proximity to Chorten Kora which lies to the west, a dzong was inaugurated in Trashiyangste in 1997...

    , Bhutan
    Bhutan
    Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

    , the administrative center of Tashi Yangtse District;

Other

  • Tashi Dor
    Tashi Dor
    Tashi Dor is a peninsula protruding into Namtso Lake from its south-eastern corner, in the Tibetan Region of China.On the peninsula is a small monastery and several hermit caves. Nomadic herders frequently camp on the peninsula, and many species of migratory birds make their home there....

    , a peninsula;
  • Tashi Namgyal Academy
    Tashi namgyal academy
    Tashi Namgyal Academy is a public school in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India. It was founded in 1926 by the late Sir Tashi Namgyal, KCSI, KCIE, the 11th consecrated Ruler of Sikkim...

    , a public school in Sikkim.
  • Tashi, a series of children's books by Anna Fienberg
    Anna Fienberg
    Anna Fienberg is an Australian writer of young-adult fiction and children's literature.-Biography:Fienberg was born in 1956 in England before moving to Australia at the age of three. She has worked as an editor for School Magazine. In 1988 her first work was published, entitled Billy Bear and the...

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