   mount kailash (also mount kailas; tibetan: à½à½à½¦à¼à½¢à½²à½à¼à½à½¼à¼à½à½º kangrinboqÃª or gang rinpoche; simplified chinese: , gÄngrÃ©nbÅqÃ­ fÄng,  kailÄsa) is a peak in the kailas range (gangdisÃª mountains), which forms part of the transhimalaya in tibet. it lies near the source of some of the longest rivers in asia: the indus river, the sutlej river (a major tributary of the indus river), the brahmaputra river, and the karnali river (a tributary of the river ganga). it is considered a sacred place in four religions: bÃ¶n, buddhism, hinduism and jainism. the mountain lies near lake manasarovar and lake rakshastal in tibet. ==nomenclature, orthography and etymology== the mountain is known as kailÄsa () in sanskrit.monier-williams sanskrit dictionary, page 311 column 3entry for à¤à¥à¤²à¤¾à¤¸à¤ in apte sanskrit-english dictionary the word may be derived from the word kÄlÄsa () which means "crystal".entry for à¤à¥à¤²à¤¾à¤¸à¤ in apte sanskrit-english dictionary in his tibetan-english dictionary, chandra (1902: p.&nbsp;32) identifies the entry for 'kai la sha' () which is a loan word from sanskrit 'kailÄsa' (devanagari: à¤à¥à¤²à¤¾à¤¸).sarat chandra das (1902). tibetan-english dictionary with sanskrit synonyms. calcutta, india: bengal secretariat book depot, page 32. the tibetan name for the mountain is gangs rin-po-che. gangs or kang is the tibetan word for snow peak analogous to alp or himal; rinpoche is an honorific meaning "precious one" so the combined term can be translated "precious jewel of snows". :"
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