Amdo

//ˈɑmdoʊ//

Synonyms for "amdo" (1 found)

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Chinese Cantonese

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  • 安多 name (one of the three traditional regions of Tibet)
  • 安多 name (county in Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 安多 name (one of the three traditional regions of Tibet)
  • 安多 name (county in Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

Manchu

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  • ᠠᠮᡩᠣᠣ name (one of the three traditional regions of Tibet)
  • ᠠᠮᡩᠣᠣ name (county in Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

Tibetan

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  • ཨ་མདོ name (one of the three traditional regions of Tibet)
  • ཨ་མདོ name (county in Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

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Rgyal-sras is said to have explained to him in a prophetic manner what he was destined to achieve and how he should proceed to Amdo, for the purpose of founding monasteries and temples there, and also for diffusing Buddhism in China.

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For centuries the area of ethnic Tibet was divided into the following: Dbus and Gtsang (comprising central Tibet), Mnga’-ris, Khams, and A-mdo.[…]A-mdo, the northeastern part of ethnic Tibet, passed under Manchu control in 1724 following the suppression of a Mongol revolt against the throne. This area was officially incorporated into the Chinese provincial system as Ch’ing-hai Province in 1928.

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When the new reincarnation of the Dalai Lama was discovered in 1938 in Amdo Province a new reincarnation of the Panchen Lama was found in that same year and in the same province.

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The inmates of this vast prison were mostly Chinese. We heard that there used to be 300 Tibetans, all from the Amdo region of Tibet, who were imprisoned for taking up arms against the Chinese around 1956-57. Of the 300 Tibetan prisoners only two were alive in the prison when we arrived.

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