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Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet

Note 22 — Chapter I · JOURNEY FROM DARJILING TO TASHILHUNPO.

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Trees or shrubs, with aromatic wood or having sweet-smelling flowers, are frequently called chandan in Tibet. At Kumbum, for example, the famous tree, which is said to have sprung from the hair cut from the head of Tsongkhapa, and which is in all probability a Syringa, is called Tsandan (or Chandan) karpo.—(W. R.) ↑

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