BUDH KHANA, Kashmir Smats

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation) gives access to a single 30 m passage (Brooks 1997 Mss), which probably is a cave passage but, unfortunately for sure, characterised by probably interesting but simply ignored characteristics combined with unrecognised unmistakeable peculiarities. ETYMOLOGY: Little doubt remains that Batkhana Ghar (Brooks 1997 Mss) testifies to an attempt to refer to a -Budh Khana- or Deity House (note 1) and indicates a temple cave sacred to a non-Muslim (Buddhist, Hindu, etc.) goddess, god, idol, or statue. Brooks (1997 Mss) decided to record this item as a but adding -ghar- to the cave's name renders the Deitiy's Cave a Deitiy's Cave Cave. SITUATION: Brooks (1997 Mss) locates Batkhana Ghar (sic!) at an unspecified location somewhere on ridge above village [note 2] on track to Kashmir Ghar (Kashmir Smats).An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation) gives access to a single 30 m passage (Brooks 1997 Mss), which probably is a cave passage but, unfortunately for sure, characterised by probably interesting but simply ignored characteristics combined with unrecognised unmistakeable peculiarities. ETYMOLOGY: Little doubt remains that Batkhana Ghar (Brooks 1997 Mss) testifies to an attempt to refer to a -Budh Khana- or Deity House (note 1) and indicates a temple cave sacred to a non-Muslim (Buddhist, Hindu, etc.) goddess, god, idol, or statue. Brooks (1997 Mss) decided to record this item as a but adding -ghar- to the cave's name renders the Deitiy's Cave a Deitiy's Cave Cave. SITUATION: Brooks (1997 Mss) locates Batkhana Ghar (sic!) at an unspecified location somewhere on ridge above village [note 2] on track to Kashmir Ghar (Kashmir Smats).