mdo khams

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མདོ་ཁམས
eastern tibet, amdo province, East Tibet [JV]

Eastern Tibet, Dokham. (Another name for khams but more polite, mdo means east here, because it signifies a confluence of valleys, all rivers flow from khams into China, so the end of the valley is always east [RY]

1) aa mdo and khams ET; 2) smad khams)/* [IW]

Dokham, another name for Domey mdo smad [RY]

Do Kham Another name for Kham, a province of East Tibet [RY]

1) aa mdo and khams; 2) smad khams)/ Do kham = Amdo and Kams = khams = ET [but more polite, mdo means east here, because it signifies a confluence of valleys, all rivers flow from khams into china, so the end of the valley is always east) [da lta 'bri chu stod rgyud kyi gyas gyon la zer,.. [IW]