SHAPJE DAK THOG

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Shapje Dak Thok (or, perhaps: Dak Phug? = brag phug, literally rock cave, perhaps: walled-in shelter?) is situated on the northern side of Mt. Kailash on the way from Dolmo La to Zuthrul (Zuthul, Zutul, Zuprul, Jamdul) Phug Gompa, and between (the lake) Gauri Kund (5612 m asl) and the stream bed of Lhamchhukhir Chu.PRANAVANANDA (1949: 128): Gouri-kund … 2.5 miles very steep descent through stones to Shapje-dak-thok; there is a foot print of Buddha on a big boulder, camps, cave, 0.25 miles descent to Lhamchhukhir Chu …