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  2. Sherpa (emissary) - Wikipedia

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    The sherpa is generally quite influential, although they do not have the authority to make a final decision about any given agreement. The name is derived from the Sherpa people , a Nepalese ethnic group , who serve as guides and porters in the Himalayas , a reference to the fact that the sherpa does all the heavy lifting for the principal to ...

  3. Jirel language - Wikipedia

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    They also have Shamans who are called Phonbo, which is derived from the word, Bon, the Tibetan Tantric philosophy. Jirel Uchen, which is also called Sambhota Script, is their script or calligraphy. This can be found at religious monuments like Ngasas (Chautara), chortens, and monasteries. Jirel Lamas use this script. The script is shown below:

  4. Sherpa (political consultant) - Wikipedia

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    Sherpa is a word taken from the language of the Sherpa, a nomadic people of the Himalayas. It literally means ' people of the East '. [2] The English word sherpa originally referred to people hired as porters and guides by climbers of the Himalayan Mountains. Sherpas have a long history of helping to navigate difficult mountain terrain.

  5. Jamgon Kongtrul - Wikipedia

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    Of the Five, the Treasury of Knowledge was Jamgon Kongtrul's magnum opus, covering the full spectrum of Buddhist history, philosophy and practice. There is an ongoing effort to translate it into English. It is divided up as follows: Book One: Myriad Worlds (Snow Lion, 2003.

  6. Sherpa people - Wikipedia

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    Genetic studies show that much of the Sherpa population has allele frequencies that are often found in other Tibeto-Burman regions. In tested genes, the strongest affinity was for Tibetan population sample studies done in the Tibet Autonomous Region. [6] Genetically, the Sherpa cluster is closest to the sample Tibetan and Han populations. [12]

  7. Lhakpa Sherpa - Wikipedia

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    Lhakpa Sherpa (Nepali: Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973) [1] is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest ten times, the most by any woman in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Her record-breaking tenth climb was on May 12, 2022, which she financed via a crowd-funding campaign. [ 4 ]

  8. Social Theory and Practice - Wikipedia

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    Social Theory and Practice is a peer-reviewed academic journal that features discussion of theoretical and applied questions in social, political, legal, economic, educational, and moral philosophy, including critical studies of classical and contemporary social philosophers. Established in 1970, it publishes original philosophical work by ...

  9. Sherpa marriage - Wikipedia

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    Astrological charts are central to all the events leading up to a traditional Sherpa marriage. They are consulted before anything is done. When the prospective groom's family decide to visit the girl's family with the proposition of marriage, they decide an auspicious day by consulting the birth charts of the boy and girl.