Chang: 3 definitions

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Introduction:

Chang means something in the history of ancient India, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Ambiguity: Although Chang has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Camga.

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Source: Mandala Texts: Alcohol Culture in Bhutan

Chang (ཆང་) refers to “alcohol”, which is an important part of Bhutanese culture, especially in the eastern districts. Alcoholic drinks such as ara and singchang were used profusely in traditional Bhutanese communities. They were served as a gesture of showing respect, honour and hospitality. Alcohol is served in a number of forms including welcome drink, farewell drink, drink with food, drink after tea, see off drink, sleep drink, wake-up drink, drink, drink for the road, drink for good health, etc.

They are:

Su-chang (བསུ་ཆང་)
Dong-chang (གདོང་ཆང་)
Log-chang (ལོག་ཆང་)
Toh-chang (ལྟོ་ཆང་)
Ja-chang (ཇ་ཆང་)
Shel-chang (བཤལ་ཆང་)
Zim-chang (གཟིམ་ཆང་)
Zheng-chang (བཞེངས་ཆང་)
Kel-chang (བསྐྱེལ་ཆང་)
Lam-chang (ལམ་ཆང་)
Tshog-chang (ཚོགས་ཆང་)
Cham-chang (འཆམ་ཆང་)
Mar-chang (མར་ཆང་)
Serkem (གསེར་སྐྱེམས་)
Men-chang (སྨན་ཆང་)
Drol-chang (གྲོལ་ཆང་)
Nyen-chang Lek-chang (སྙན་ཆང་ལེགས་ཆང་)
Maag-chang (དམག་ཆང་)

Source: Shodhganga: Vernacular architecture of Assam with special reference to Brahmaputra Valley

Chang is an Assamese term referring to “A platform / A stilt house”.—It appears in the study dealing with the vernacular architecture (local building construction) of Assam whose rich tradition is backed by the numerous communities and traditional cultures.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Chang in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a typical brand of paper kite; (nm) a musical instrument like a small timbrel; —[para cadhana] to instigate, topuff up; to inflate (so as to veer somebody round to a particular course of action)..—chang (चंग) is alternatively transliterated as Caṃga.

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Search found 55 books and stories containing Chang; (plurals include: Changs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Youth Dormitory (Deka-chang) < [Chapter 8]

Dimasa Dormitory: Nodrung < [Chapter 8]

Development (d): Mongoloid Influence < [Chapter 3]

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Introduction (h): The Mission of Sung-Yun and Hwei-Sang (518 A.D.)

Introduction (d): Hiuen Tsiang or Xuanzang (A.D. 629)

Introduction (b): Shih Fa-hian or Faxian (A.D. 400)

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The Rimes of Chang-an in Middle Han: Late Western Han Period. < [Volume 22 (1957)]

The Role of Juku in Pre-Modern China: Education for the Common People < [Volume 35 (1973)]

An annotated syllabary of Sathewok Hakka < [Volume 28 (1963)]

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