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111878
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 18:24
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WE WANT YOU TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MONGOLIA
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By the 17th century, Tibetan names were common. The well-known religious book Shar Tuuj contains the names of aristocratic Mongolians who had embraced the Buddhist faith.
This was when many Buddhist monasteries were built in Mongolia, a sign of the rapid spread of the new religion, and soon even the common people were being given Tibetan names. New parents would ask a lama at the monastery to give a name to their newborn.
Some Mongolians names have their origin in Buddhist astrology, based on the lunar calendar. In this calendar, each day of the month bears the name of a heavenly body (garig in Mongolian), and a person born on the day of a certain heavenly body was named after it.
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By the 17th century, Tibetan names were common. The well-known religious book Shar Tuuj contains the names of aristocratic Mongolians who had embraced the Buddhist faith.
This was when many Buddhist monasteries were built in Mongolia, a sign of the rapid spread of the new religion, and soon even the common people were being given Tibetan names. New parents would ask a lama at the monastery to give a name to their newborn.
Some Mongolians names have their origin in Buddhist astrology, based on the lunar calendar. In this calendar, each day of the month bears the name of a heavenly body (garig in Mongolian), and a person born on the day of a certain heavenly body was named after it.
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