Selected bibliography of works concerning Lepcha language or culture

Arora, Vibha

Avery, J.

  • 1885. On the language of the Lepchas in Sikkim. Proceedings of the American Oriental Society (New Haven, Connecticut): 77.

Awasty, Indira

  • 1978. Between Sikkim and Bhutan: the Lepchas and Bhutias of Pedong. New Delhi: D.K. Publishers Distributors.

Benedict, Paul King [1912-1997]

  • 1943. Secondary infixation in Lepcha. Studies in Linguistics 1(19): 1-2.
  • 1972. Sino-Tibetan. A conspectus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Bentley, Jenny

  • 2007a. The Lepcha Cause. Accord and contention in Lepcha and Bhutia-Lepcha Associations and the Lepcha Village Communities of Nampatan and Lingthem in Sikkim. Unpublished MA thesis. 260 pages.
  • 2007b. Change and cultural revival in a mountain community of Sikkim. Bulletin of Tibetology 43(1-2): 59-79.
  • 2008. Láso múng sung: Lepcha oral tradition as a reflection of culture. Bulletin of Tibetology 44(1-2): 99-137.
  • 2011. Ambivalence of change: education, eroding culture, and revival among the Lepchas of Sikkim. In: Alex McKay and Anna Balikci-Denjongpa (eds.) Buddhist Himalaya: Studies in Religion, History and Culture. Proceedings of the Golden Jubilee Conference of the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, 1-5 October 2008, Vol. II. Sikkim: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology. 179-189 .

Bhasin, Veena

  • 1989. Ecology, culture, and change: tribals of Sikkim Himalayas. New Delhi: Inter-India Publications.
  • 1990. Settlements and land use patterns in the Lepcha Reserve Dzongu Zone in the Sikkim Himalayas, India. J. Hum. Ecol. 1(3): 227-248.
  • 1997. The human settlements and health status in Sikkim. Pages 153-187 in KC Mahanta (ed.) People of the Himalayas. Delhi: Kamla-Raj Enterprises.
  • 2007. Meidical Anthropology. Healing practices in contemporary Sikkim. Anthropologist (special volume) 3: 59-94.
  • 2011. Settlements and land-use patterns in the Lepcha Reserve-Dzongu Zone in the Sikkim Himalaya, India. J. Biodiversity 2(1): 41-66.

Bhutia, P.T.

  • 2007. Dzongu, Lepcha Holy Land. King Gaeboo Achyok Birth Anniversary 2007. A Bilingual Magazine: 18-22.

Biswas, P.C.

  • 1935. The Lapchas of Sikhim. Indian Culture 1: 483-486.

Bodman, Nicholas Cleveland

  • 1988. On the place of Lepcha in Sino-Tibetan. A lexical comparison. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 11(1): 1-26.
  • 1989. Some remarks on Lepcha vowels. in: David Bradley et al. (eds.). Prosodic Analysis and Asian Linguistics. To honour R. K. Sprigg. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics: 137-141.

Campbell, Archibald

  • 1840. Note on the Lepchas of Sikkim, with a vocabulary of their language. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal IX: 379-393.
  • 1869. On the Lepchas. Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, new series 1(2): 143-157.

Chakraborty, Ashit Ranjan

  • 1978. Read Lepcha. An introduction to the Lepcha or Rong script and a self-instruction for reading the language. New Delhi: C. Chakraborty.

Chattopadhyay, Tapan

  • 1990. Lepchas and their heritage. New Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation.

Chemjong, Iman Singh

  • 1970-71 (VS 2026). Lapca Nepali Angreji Sabdakos. Kathmandu: Royal Nepal Academy.
  • 1975a. King Hangshu Dewa and his minister Wokde. Contributions to Nepalese Studies 2(2): 117-136.
  • 1975b. The book of Lepcha Belief of Wanism. Contributions to Nepalese Studies 2(2): 137-144.

Chhettri, D.R., Parajuli, S. and J. Adhikari

  • 2007. Antihepatopathic Plants Used by the Lepcha Tribe of the Sikkim and Darjeeling Himalayan Region of India. Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants 13:3. (available online at http://jhsmp.haworthpress.com).

Chiron, Olivier

  • 2002. Mandala: Structure d'organisation d'un paysage sacré du Sikkim (Inde). Geographie et cultures 43:35-53.
  • 2007. Les paysages de l'ouest du Sikkim: Représentations spatiales et enjeux identitaires. Thesis for Michel de Montaigne-Université de Bordeaux III.

Clarke, Hyde

  • 1878. Osservazione sulla lingua onorifica ovvero ceremoniale della tribu Lepcha o Rong di Dorjeling, nella regione Himalaia. Proceedings of the International Congress of Orientalists 2 (Florence): 117-122.

Das, Amal Kumar

  • 1975. The Lepchas in the eyes of earlier authors. Bulletin of the Cultural Research Institute. Calcutta. 11(1-2): 80-90.
  • 1978. The Lepchas of West Bengal. Calcutta: Indian Editions.

Das, Amal Kumar and Banerjee, S.K.

  • 1962. The Lepchas of the Darjeeling District. Bulletin of the Cultural Research Institute Special Series 2 (Calcutta): 1-168.

Das, Kali Kumar

  • 1896. The Lepcha people and their notions of heaven and hell. Journal of the Buddhist Text Society 4 (App 1): 1-5.

Das, Tapan Kumar

  • 1997. The story of Raniban (A Lepcha folktale). King Gaeboo Achyok 1997. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 23-24.
  • 2003. Sensitizing through Census. King Gaeboo Achyok 2003. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 25-29.
  • 2004. Lepcha: redefining a community. King Gaeboo Achyok 2004. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 32-38.
  • 2009. West Bengal Agricultural Policy: Lepcha farmers at stake. King Gaeboo Aachyok 2009. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 28-35.
  • [see also: Das, Tapan Kumar and Dulal Chandra Roy]
  • [see also: Roy, Dulal Chandra, A.P. Singh and Tapan Kumar Das]

Das, Tapan Kumar and Dulal Chandra Roy

  • 1999a. Mother Tongue, Mother Culture and the Lepchas: A Movement. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 3(1): 12-14.
  • 1999b. Muk Zik Ding Rum Faat. An answer to ecological imbalance. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 3(2): 9-11.
  • 2001. Lepchas of Kalimpong: some comments on C.A. Bell's survey report. King Gaeboo Achyok 2001. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 3-15.

Dattamajumdar, Satarupa

  • 2009. Language Proficiency and Preference: A Case study with Lepcha. Proceedings of the International Conference on World Languages and North-East Languages: Convergence, Enrichment or Death. NEHU, Shillong.
  • 2010a. Reduplicated Expressives in Lepcha. The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics 2. electronic publication.
  • 2010b. Kinship Terminology in Lepcha. The Buckinham Journal of Language and Linguistics 3: 179-185.
  • 2010c. Marginalization of the Lepcha language in the Darjeeling Hills. West Bengal. A socio-political perspective. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 14(1): 22-35.

Dingrongmoo Lepcha, Father Samuel

  • 2009. Mukjyekding Rumfaat of the Lepcha Tribe: Tribals outlook on nature: through nature to God. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 13(1): 21-35.
  • 2011. Philosophizing from the indigenous context of the Lepchas: with a special reference to Sakyu-Rumfaat. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 15(1): 24-34.

Doma, Yishey

  • 2010. Legends of the Lepchas. Folk Tales from Sikkim. Westland Ltd.

Driem, George Louis van

  • 2001. Languages of the Himalayas. An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Leiden: Brill.

Drouin, E.

  • 1901. Spécimen de textes lepcha. Journal Asiatique 9(17): 558-563.

Edwards, Christopher G.

  • 1997. A journey into the land of Mayel. King Gaeboo Achyok 1997. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 25-49.

Feer, Léon

  • 1898. Spécimen de la langue Lepcha (ou rong). Journal Asiatique 9 (12): 177-188.

Foning, Arthur R.

  • 1972. The Children of Kanchenjunga. Bulletin of the Cultural Research Institute 9(1-2): 1-63.
  • 1979. A short account of the Lepcha Language and literature. Bulletin of the Cultural Research Institute 13(3-4): 20-30.
  • 1980. Some customary laws of our Lepcha Tribe. Bulletin of the Cultural Research Institute 14(1-2): 17-21.
  • 1987. Lepcha, my vanishing tribe. New Delhi: Sterling Publications Ltd.

Fonning Ramsongmoo, D.C.

  • 2005. A Tale of a Lho-mung (yeti). King Gaeboo Achyok 2005. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 14-16.

Forrest, R.A.D.

  • 1962. The linguistic position of Róng (Lepcha). Journal of the American Oriental Society 82: 331-335.

Gorer, Geoffrey

  • 1938. Himalayan Village. An Account of the Lepchas of Sikkim. London: M. Joseph Ltd.

Government of Sikkim, Bureau of Economics & Statistics. Planning and Development Department

  • 1982. Lepchas of Dzongu. A Socio-Economic Survey. Dec 1981- Jan 1982. Gangtok, Government of Sikkim, 31 pages.

Gowloog, Rip Roshina

  • 1990. Religion and Ethnicity among the Lepchas. Himalayan Miscellany 4: 34-39.
  • 1995. Lingthem revisited: social changes in a Lepcha village of north Sikkim. New Delhi: Har Anand Publications.
  • 2001. Social organisation and Change among the Lepchas of Sikkim. in: S. Sengupta (ed.), Tribes of the Eastern Himalayas. New Delhi: Mittal publications.

Grünwedel, Albert

  • 1892. A Róng-English Glossary.T'oung Pao 3: 238-309.
  • 1896a. Drei Leptscha Texte, mit Auszugen aus dem Padma-than-yig und Glossar. T'oung Pao 7:522-561.
  • 1896b. Ein Kapitel des Ta-she-Sung. Festschrift für Adolf Bastian. Berlin.
  • 1897. Leptscha-Text mit Übersetzung. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde zu Berlin 4(Buddhistische Studien I): 118-126
  • 1898. Padmasambhava und Mandarava. Leptscha Ubersetzung des Mandarava-legende. Zeitschrift der deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft 52: 447-461.
  • 1913. Padmasambhava und verwandtes. Baessler-Archiv (Beiträge zur Völkerkunde. Herausgegeben aus Mitteln des Baessler Instituts unter Mitwirkung der Direktoren der Ethnologischen Abteilungen des Königlichen Museums für Völkerkunde in Berlin. Redigiert von P. Ehrenreich. Lepizig und Berlin) Band 3: 1-37.
  • [see also Mainwaring, George Byres, 1898]

Gurung, M.M.

  • 1996. The Lepchas, Children of the Sacred Kanchenjanga. King Gaeboo Achyok 1996. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 26-29.
  • 2003. The Music Loving Rongs. King Gaeboo Achyok 2003. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 18-24.

Gurung, M. M. and R.P. Lama

  • 2004. Sikkim Study Series. Volume III Part - A: Culture. Edited by Mahendra P. Lama. Gangtok: Government of Sikkim, Information and Public Relations Department.

Haarh, Erik

  • 1959. The Lepcha Script. Acta Orientalia (ed. Societates Orientalia Batavia Danica Norvegica) 24: 107-122.

Hermanns, Father Matthias

  • 1954. The Indo-Tibetans, Bombay: Fernandes.

Hodgson, Brian Houghton

  • 1847. On the aborigines of the Sub-Himalayas. With comparative vocabularies of Tibetan, Sérpá, Bhútani, Lepcha, Limbu, Kiránti, Murmi, Néwár, Gúrúng, Magar and Súnwar. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 17: 73-83.
  • 1848. Addenda et corrigenda. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 17: 73-83.
  • 1857. Comparative Vocabulary of the Languages of the broken tribes of Nepal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 26: 317-371.

Hooker, Joseph Dalton

  • 1855. Himalayan Journals. London: Ward, Lock & Co.

Hunter, William Wilson

  • 1868. A Comparative Dictionary of the Languages of India and High Asia; with a Dissertation based on the Hodgson Lists, Official Records and Mss, London: Trubner.

Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association

  • 2003. The Lepcha Customary Law. Kalimpong: Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association.
  • 2009. Souvenir. International Lepcha language and literary seminar. 15 October 2009, Kalimpong, West Bengal. Kalimpong: Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association.
  • 2012. Lepcha life in 2011. Illustrated by Ren Chandup Lepcha. Kalimpong: Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association.

Jana S.K. and Chauhan A.S.

  • 2000. Ethnobiological studies on Lepchas of Dzongu, North Sikkim, India. Annals of Forestry 8(1): 131-144.

Jest, M. Corneille

  • 1960. Religious beliefs of the Lepcha in the Kalimpong district (West Bengal). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 124-134.

Jha, Ajeya

  • 2001. Ecological Prudence of Lepchas of Sikkim. Tiger Paper 29:1, FAO Bangkok.
  • 2003. Observations on Chronometric aptitude of a few birds in Sikkim. Tiger Paper 30:2, FAO Bangkok.

Jha, Ajeya and S. Jha, V. Suhag

  • 2004. Ethnomedicinal plants of Lepchas of Dzongu area in Sikkim. Crop Research 28(1): 2-3 and 138-141.
  • 2005. Traditional Bamboo Based Technology: A study of Lepchas of Sikkim. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (ICCE-2005) held at Indore from 24 – 26 December 2005: 250-251.

Jha, Ajeya and S. Jha, V. Suhag, A. Rao

  • 2004. A preliminary survey of plants used as food by Lepchas of Dzongu area in Sikkim. Crop Research 28(1): 2-3 and 135-137.

Jha, Vanya

  • 2007. Traditional Knowledge on Rhythmic Behaviour of Birds: A Study of Lepchas of Sikkim. unpublished paper presented at 15th National Children's Science Congress, India: Baramati.

Jha, Vanya and Ajeya Jha

  • 2011. Traditional Knowledge on Disaster Management: A Preliminary Study of the Lepcha community of Sikkim, India. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 10(1): 173-182.
  • 2012. Ethno-Ornithology of Lepchas of Sikkim. Readworthy Publications.

Kohli, Kanchi

Kapp, Dieter B.

  • 1986. A Parallel Motif in Lepcha and Barela-Bhilala Mythology. Asian Folklore Studies 45(2): 259-285.

Klafkowski, Piotr

  • 1974. A brief review of Bibliotheca Himalayica reprint of George B. Mainwaring's Rong/Lepcha grammar. Przeglad Orientalistyczny (in Polish).
  • 1980a. Rong (Lepcha), the vanishing language and culture of Eastern Himalaya. Lingua Posnaniensis 23: 105-118.
  • 1980b. Athing Joseph Rongong's Manuscript of the Rong (Lepcha) Story of Tashe Thing - a preliminary communication. Ethnologische Zeitschrift Zürich 2: 137- 142.
  • 1983. '...But they don't have any literature!' Or a few words on the Rong (Lepcha) heritage. In: Ernst Steinkellner and Helmut Tauscher, eds., Contributions on Tibetan Language, History and Culture. (Proceedings of the Csoma de Körös Symposium held at Velm-Vienna, Austria, 13-19 September 1981, Vol. 1). Vienna: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universität Wien. 163-173.
  • 2011. Athing Joseph Rongong's Rong/Lepcha Manuscripts: Their Description and Significance. In: Alex McKay and Anna Balikci-Denjongpa (eds.) Buddhist Himalaya: Studies in Religion, History and Culture. Proceedings of the Golden Jubilee Conference of the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, 1-5 October 2008, Vol. II. Sikkim: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology. 143-160.
  • 2012. Towards a Rong/Lepcha and Tibetan comparative project. From the manuscripts of Athing Joseph Rongong. Zwierciadlo etnologiczne 2012: 51-68.

Konow, Sven

  • 1909. Tibeto-Burman family. Vol III in Grierson, G.A., The Linguistic Survey of India. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, India.

Kotturan, George

  • 1983. The Himalayan gateway: history and culture of Sikkim. New Delhi: Sterling.
  • 1989. Folk tales of Sikkim. New Delhi: Sterling.

Kumar, Braj Bihari and G. Chiring

  • 1978, Hindi Lepca (Ron) kosa = Lum Ron rinako = Hindi Lepcha dictionary. Kohima: Nagaland Bhasa Parishad.

Lepcha, Anthony

  • 2006, Cú Dâ un Lep. Tshukdóng gyom [Mountains, Lakes and Caves. A Collection of Lepcha Poems], Kalimpong: Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association. [in Lepcha]

Lepcha, Charisma Karthak

  • 2001. Unfolding the untold mysteries. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 5(1): 16-18.
  • 2007. When Nurkit returns. Bulletin of Tibetology 43(1-2): 11-14.
  • 2008. Dzongu in Dilemma. The NEHU Journal (Shillong) 4: 121-126.
  • 2011. Bom Busty's subtle route to development. In: Alex McKay and Anna Balikci-Denjongpa (eds.) Buddhist Himalaya: Studies in Religion, History and Culture. Proceedings of the Golden Jubilee Conference of the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, 1-5 October 2008, Vol. II. Sikkim: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology. 167-177.

Lepcha, Solon Karthak

  • 1998. I dream a new dream. King Gaeboo Achyok 1998. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 30-35.

Lepcha, Gyatso

  • 2007. Dzongu, The Last Bastion of the Lepchas. King Gaeboo Achyok 2007. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 23-25.

Lepcha, N.T.

  • 1997. Naamsoong, the Lepcha New Year and Tamsang Thing. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 1(2): 17-18.

Lepcha, Paul

  • 1999. A Study of the Scottish Mission Work in Kalimpong Sub-division with Special reference to the Lepcha tribe, (unpublished thesis for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, Faculty of the Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, Maharashtra).

Lepcha, P.T. see under: Simíkmú, Pâsóng Choríng

Lepcha, Sonam Wangdi

  • 1979. The process of detribalisation of an Indian tribe and the problems of its modernization: a sociological study of the Lepchas of Darjeeling district, (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Bhagalpur University, Bihar, India, 406 pages).

Lepcha, Tom Tshering

  • 2009. Thokro. Lepcha men's traditional attire. Himalayan Essence 1(3): 38-39.

Little, Kerry

Luksóm, Dóngtshen

  • 1981. Mútunci Róngthryum un Ríngtshuktóm [A Lepcha Grammar and Composition], Gangtok: Department of Education, Government of Sikkim. [in Lepcha]
  • 1983. Róng-Hindi-Ánggrezí tshukzât. Lepca Hindi Angreji Sabdakos. Lepcha Hindi English Dictionary, Gangtok: Textbook Unit, Directorate of Education of the Government of Sikkim.

Mainwaring, George Byres [1825-1893]

Maiti D.C. and A.S. Chauhan, G. Maiti

  • 2003. Ethnobotanical Notes on some Unexploited Plants used by Lepchas and Nepalese Communities of North Sikkim, in: Singh V. and A.P. Jain, eds., Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plants of India and Nepal 1: 325-332.

Mazumdar, Satyen

  • 1961. Folklore of the Lepchas. Folklore (Calcutta) 2: 294-297.

Morris, John

  • 1938. Living with Lepchas. A book about the Sikkim Himalayas, London: Heinemann.

Mukhopadhyay, Barun

  • 1982. Selection Intensity in the Lepchas of Kalimpong, West Bengal. Current Anthropology 23(5): 577-578.
  • 2001. Demographic Characteristics and Rural-Urban Residence among the Lepcha of Sikkim, in: Sengupta S. ed., Tribes of the Eastern Himalayas, New Delhi: Mittal Publications.

Mukhopadhyay, B. and S. Mukhopadhyay

  • 2001. Blood pressure and its biocultural correlates among the Lepchas of Sikkim, India: a microlevel epidemiological study. Collegium Anthropologicum 25(1): 97-110.

Mukhopadhyay, B. and S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Majumder

  • 1996. Blood pressure profile of Lepchas of the Sikkim Himalayas: Epidemiological study. Human Biology 68(1): 131-145.

Mukhopadhyay, B. and R. Gupta, S.K. Bhattacharya

  • 1996. Haematological traits, religion and rural/urban residence among the Lepchas of Kalimpong subdivision, Darjeeling district, West Bengal (India). Anthropologischer Anzeiger 54(1): 35-43.

Nakane, Chie

  • 1958. A Study of Plural Societies in Sikkim (Lepcha, Bhutia and Nepalee), Journal of the Japanese Ethnological Society 22(182): 15-64. [in Japanese]
  • 1966. A Plural Society in Sikkim, in C. von Fürer-Haimendorf (ed.), Caste and Kin in India, Nepal and Ceylon. Bombay: Asia Publishing House. [English version of the 1958 article]

Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René von [1923-1959]

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  • 1947b. Die bisherige ergebnisse der Bön-Forschung. Archiv für Völkerkunde (Wien) 2: 26-68.
  • 1951. A Contribution to Mahayana Iconography. Stepping Stones (Kalimpong).
  • 1952a. Hochzeitslieder der Lepchas. Asiatische Studien (Bern) 6: 30-40.
  • 1952b. Ancient funeral ceremonies of the Lepchas. Eastern Anthropologist (Lucknow) 5(1): 27-39.
  • 1952c. Tibetan Drum Divinations, Ngamo. Ethnos 17: 149-157.
  • 1953a. Die Legende vom Turmbau der Lepcha. Anthropos 48: 889-897.
  • 1953b. Neuerwerbungen aus Sikkim und Tibet. Archiv für Völkerkunde (Wien), 8: 269-272.
  • 1953c. Hunting and Fishing among the Lepchas. Ethnos (Stockholm): 21-30.
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  • 1955. Wo Berge Götter sind, Stuttgart; Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. [English translation: 1956. Where the Gods are mountains. Three years among the People of the Himalayas, London: Wiedenfeld and Nicholson, translated by M. Bullock]
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Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René von and Geoffrey Gorer

  • 1951. The Use of Thread-Crosses in Lepcha Lamaist Ceremonies. Eastern Anthropologist (Lucknow) 4(2): 67-87.

Nirash, Nita

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Pempahishey, Karma T.

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Plaisier, Heleen

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Pradhan, Bharat K. and Hemant K. Badola

  • 2008. Ethnomedicinal plant use by Lepcha tribe of Dzongu valley, bordering Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, in North Sikkim, India. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 4(22).

Risley, Herbert Hope

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  • 1894. The Gazetteer of Sikkim. Calcutta:Bengal Secretariat Press.

Róngkup, Jeffry Hunzong

  • 2008. Go Rongring Mayen, Reflections of a Rongkup with Intentions. King Gaeboo Achyok 2008. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 22-24.
  • 2009. Resentful Lepchas (a rarity). Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 13(2): 21-22.

Róngkup, Gautam [Gotum Rongkup]

  • 2001. Cúzóng. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]
  • 2004. Társhok kát sugrám róngkup kati. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]

Róngkup, Núbú Chiríng [N.C. Támsángmú]

  • 2003. Amúríngdom phyókló cáká. Róng vâm gyóm. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]
  • 2005. Jerkómlenlá. Kursóng. Survo ríp ryú. Vâm míkmyer. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]

Róngkup, Óngdyen

  • 2003. Kíngtsúmdo árezang. Míkmyer. Kalimpong: Lyangsong Tamsang. [in Lepcha]

Róngkup, Sonám Tsheríng [Sonám Tshering Támsángmú]

  • 2004a. Tungbóng fát cho. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]
  • 2004b.Tungdróng hlo rumfát. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]
  • 2004c. Nahán bri. Vâm míkmyer. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]
  • 2004d. Múkjekdíng rumfát. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]
  • 2004e. Rungnyú Rungnyít. Vâm míkmyer. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]
  • no date, [with Híldámít Róngmít] Róng júng vâm. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]
  • [see also below: Sonam Tshering Tamsang with K.P. Tamsang]

Róngkup, Súksíng

  • 2002, Mayel lyángsá tagríkup. Míkmer. Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]
  • 2006, Róng choyukpân Áthíng K.P. Támsáng sáknón. Pophók Kyóng Shezúm. [in Lepcha]

Roy, Dulal Chandra

  • 2000. About the Lepcha religion. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 4(2): 11-15.
  • 2001. Dynamics of Lepcha language: a theoretical discourse. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 5(3): 14-16.
  • 2002. Dynamics of Lepcha language: a theoretical discourse III. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 6(1): 30-34.
  • 2004. Boundary of Mayel Lyang, the Original Homeland of Lepchas. King Gaeboo Achyok 2004. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 9-23.
  • 2005a. Dynamics of social formation among the Lepchas. New Delhi: Akansha Publishing house.
  • 2005b. Demography and social unrest among the Lepchas of Darjeeling. Part 1. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 9(1): 23-27.
  • 2005c. Demography and social unrest among the Lepchas of Darjeeling. Part 2. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 9(2): 34-40.
  • 2005d. Primitive tribal groups and social unrest among the Lepchas. Sections I and II. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 9(3): 15-19.
  • 2005e. Are Lepcha Original Inhabitant of Eastern Himalayas? King Gaeboo Achyok 2005. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 26-35.
  • 2006a. Primitive tribal groups and social unrest among the Lepchas. Section III. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 10(1): 20-22.
  • 2006b. Primitive tribal groups and social unrest among the Lepchas. Section IV. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 10(2): 14-16.
  • 2006c. Primitive tribal groups and social unrest among the Lepchas. Section V. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 10(3): 8-12.
  • 2006d. Helen Lepcha, Indian freedom fighter and beyond. Pano Gyebú Achók. King Gaeboo Achyok 2006. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 17-21.
  • 2007a. Shuffling and Reshuffling of Mayel Lyang: The Original Home Land of the Lepchas. Pano Gyebú Achók. King Gaeboo Achyok 2007. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 12-17.
  • 2007b.Women among the Lepchas: a socio-economic study. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 11(2): 17-28.
  • 2007c. Dzongu: the present day Mayel Lyang of the Lepchas. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 11:3, 49-52.
  • 2008a. Demographic profile of the Lepchas in the world: a case of India, Nepal and Bhutan. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 12(1): 35-40.
  • 2008b. Importance of 'Moo' in Lepcha cultural domain. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 12(2): 35-45.
  • 2008c. Ruth Karthak Lepchani: a brief biography. King Gaeboo Achyok 2008. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 25-34.
  • 2009a. Blood Treaty of Sikkim: A Historical Fact or Lepcha Myth? Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 13(2): 25-34.
  • 2009b. Blood Treaty of Sikkim: Some comments. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 13(3): 24-28.
  • 2009c. Lepcha: then and now. King Gaeboo Aachyok 2009. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 15-27.
  • 2010a. Status of Women among the Lepchas, New Delhi: Akansha Publishing House.
  • 2010b. Melt Down of Lepcha Society: An Assessment. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 14(1): 15-21.
  • 2010c. Status of Elders in Lepcha society. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 14(3): 14-26.
  • 2010d. Name as identifying marker of Lepchas. King Gaeboo Achyok 2010. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 14-28.
  • 2011a. Damsang Gree - A Historical Holy Place of the Lepchas. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 15(1): 35-38.
  • 2011b. Kaaden-Moo-Lee, The Traditional Lepcha House. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 15(2): 15-20.
  • 2012. Aathing K.P. Tamsang, a literary and cultural hero of the Lepchas. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 16(1): 22-28.
  • [see also: Das, Tapan Kumar and Dulal Chandra Roy]
  • [see also: Roy, Dulal Chandra and Tapan Kumar Das]
  • [see also: Roy, Dulal Chandra, A.P. Singh and Tapan Kumar Das]

Roy, Dulal Chandra and Tapan Kumar Das

  • 1999. Leaders and Personalities among the Lepchas. An unending quest. King Gaeboo Achyok 1999. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 5-12.

Roy, Dulal Chandra, A.P. Singh and Tapan Kumar Das

  • 1998. The Legend of Gaybu A-Chyuk : Recusant and commoner's hero- a review of existing literature. King Gaeboo Achyok 1998. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 17-29.

Roy, Sarat Chandra

  • 1916. A Lepcha funeral. Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society 2: 475-480.

Saha, N. and B. Mukhopadyay, S.K. Bhattacharyya, R. Gupta, A. Basu

  • 1987. The distribution of transferrin, group-specific component and phosphoglucomutase-1 subtypes among the Lepchas of Darjeeling, eastern India. Jinrui Idengaku Zasshi 32(4): 311-318.

Saha, N. and S.P. Bhattacharyya, B. Mukhopadyay, S.K. Bhattacharya, R. Gupta, A. Basu

  • 1987. A genetic study among the Lepchas of the Darjeeling area of eastern India. Human Heredity 37(2): 113-121.

Schermann, L.

  • 1926. Ethnographisches aus Sikkim. Der Erdball 1: 6-13.

Schott, Wilhelm

  • 1881. Über die Sprache des Volkes Rong oder Leptscha in Sikkim. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin Phil. Hist. Klasse 5, 15 ff.

Sen, Kali Kumar

  • 1896. The sacred books of the Lepchas. Journal of the Buddhist Text Society of India. Calcutta.

Shafer, Robert

  • 1955. Classification of the Sino-Tibetan languages.Word: Journal of the Linguistic Circle of New York 11: 94-111.

Shipmú, Ugen and Karma Loday Righimú, Naku Tshering Likmú, Dorji Wangdi Kunchudyangmú

  • 1996. An English to Lepcha Dictionary. Lyangdok Kurmom, (Sikkim:Gangtok).

Siiger, Halfdan [1911-1999]

  • 1955. A Cult for the God of Mount Kanchenjunga among the Lepcha of Northern Sikkim. A Himalayan Megalithic Shrine and its Ceremonies. Actes du IVe Congrès International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques 1952. II: I Ethnologica, Vienna: 185-189.
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  • 1976. Two Indigenous Peoples of the Hindukush-Himalayan Regions. Temenos 12: 93-99.
  • 1978a. The Abominable Snowman: Himalayan Religion and Folklore from the Lepchas of Sikkim. Himalayan Anthropology. The Indo-Tibetan Interface. Ed. James F. Fisher. The Hague, Paris: 421-430.
  • 1978b. Myte og kult. Fra Lepchaerne i Sikkim, Himalaya. Venner af Prins Peter. Copenhagen: 125-131.
  • 1981. The Lepcha Semi-divine Beings of Agricultural Fertility, from the Sikkim Himalayas. Folk 23 (Copenhagen): 197-203.

Simick, Paul

  • 1991. Lepcha marriage (unpublished paper submitted to the Department of Theology in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the course of Theology, Barrackpore).

Simíkmú, Pâsóng Choríng [P.T. Lepcha; Pasang Tshering Lepcha; Pasang Tshering Simick]

  • 1998. Rhythmic tones in reading Lepcha religious books. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 2(3): 17-18.
  • 2001a. Rongkup Lungten Ahbong chyokong sung. Legend of the origin of some customs and rituals of the RongKups (Lepchas). Kalimpong: Mutanchi Rong Shezum, P.T. Lepcha.
  • 2001b. Nyu-lik nyu song. The book of Nyulik Nyusong's story. Kalimpong: Mutanchi Rong Shezum, P.T. Lepcha.
  • 2001c. Rong lavo fron sung. The book on the calculation of the Rong Months. Kalimpong: Mutanchi Rong Shezum, P.T. Lepcha.
  • 2004. Róng sung gyóm, Kalimpong: Lepcha Association. [in Lepcha]

Sprigg, Richard Keith [1922-2011]

  • 1966a. The glottal stop and glottal constriction in Lepcha and borrowing from Tibetan. Bulletin of Tibetology 3: 5-14.
  • 1966b. Lepcha and Balti-Tibetan; tonal or non-tonal languages? Asia Major new series 12(2): 185-201.
  • 1996c. A Foreigner Studies Heroes of the Lepcha Race. King Gaeboo Achyok 1996. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 6-25.
  • 1982. The Lepcha language and three hundred years of Tibetan influence in Sikkim. Journal of the Asiatic Society (Calcutta) 24: 16-31.
  • 1983. Hooker's expenses in Sikkim, an early Lepcha text. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 46(2): 305-325.
  • 1986. The syllable finals of Tibetan loanwords in Lepcha orthography. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 9(1): 27-46.
  • 1989. Oral vowels and nasalized vowels in Lepcha (Rong): as the key to a puzzling variation in spelling. In: Davidson, J.H.C.S. (ed.)Contributions to South-East Asian linguistics: essays in honour of Eugénie J.A. Henderson, London: School of Oriental and African Studies.
  • 1996. A foreigner studies heroes of the Lepcha race, King Gaeboo Achyok Birth Anniversary 1996. Kalimpong: King Gaeboo Achyok Birth Anniversary Committee: 6-25.
  • 1997. Lepcha orthography: An earlier and later stage. In: David Bradley (ed.) Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayas (Papers in Southeast Asian Linguistics No 14), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 175-182.
  • 1997. The oldest dated documents of the Lepchas. Aachuley: A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 1(2): 9-11.
  • 1998a. Original and sophisticated features of the Lepcha and Limbu scripts. Nepalese Linguistics 15: 1-18.
  • 1998b. The earliest printed books in Lepcha. Aachuley: A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 2(1): 14-19.
  • 1998c. The Lepcha text of the deed of grant of Darjeeling. Aachuley: A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 2(2): 4-11.
  • 1998d. Dr. Hooker's Lepcha treasurer (1848-49). Aachuley: A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 2(3): 5-8.
  • 1998e. Colonel Lloyd's mistreatment of the Darjeeling Lepchas (1838). King Gaeboo Achyok 1998. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 4-13.
  • 1999a. An appeal to Captain Lloyd by Kazi Gorok, of Ilam (1828). Aachuley: A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 3(1): 5-11.
  • 1999b. The Lepcha Raja. Aachuley: A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 3(2): 6-7.
  • 1999c. An Anglo-Lepcha and 'Linguistic Survey of India' (1899). Aachuley: A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 3(3): 5-18.

Steinmann, Brigitte

  • 1996. Mountain deities: the invisible body of society: a comparative study of the representations of mountains by the Tamang and the Thami of Nepal, the Lepcha and Bothia of Sikkim. In: Blondeau, A and E. Steinkellner (eds), Reflections of the mountain: Essays on the History and social meaning of the mountain cult in Tibet and the Himalaya. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.179-218.

Stocks, C. de Beauvoir

  • 1925. Folklore and customs of the lap-chas of Sikkim. Journal and proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal new series 21: 325-505.
  • 1926. A Rong-Folk Tobacco Story. Folklore 37: 193-195.

Tamlong, D.T.

  • 2008, Mayel Lyang and the Lepchas (About Sikkim and Darjeeling), Darjeeling: Mrs Amina Tamlong.

Tamsang, Drúp Shuzóng

  • 2000. Aoong Yot. A true Lepcha story of Kalimpong. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 4(3): 9-13.

Tamsang, Lyángsóng

  • 1993. Sahebs and a collection of tales about the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas. Lyangsong Lepcha.
  • 1996. Lieutenant General G.B. Mainwaring, The Champion of the Lepchas. King Gaeboo Achyok 1996. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 30-33.
  • 1997a. Offering to Mt Tendong and its significance.Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 1(1): 22-23.
  • 1997b. Aathing Changzad Tshook Thop, the Lepcha General of Sikkim. King Gaeboo Achyok 1997. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 52-53.
  • 1998a. Lepcha dress. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 2(3): 9-14.
  • 1998b. Apryaa Vom (Lepcha Classical Folk Song). King Gaeboo Achyok Birth Anniversary 1998. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 38-40.
  • 1999a. Muk Zik Ding Rum Faat (Offering to Mother Nature). Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 3(1): 18-19.
  • 1999b. Lepcha names of places. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 3(3): 19-20.
  • 1999c. Nyolik-Nyosong Mun. Azaor Boongthing, and Tamsang Thing. King Gaeboo Achyok 1999. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 33-35.
  • 2000a. Sacred Trees, Grasses, Shrubs, and Flowers of the Lepchas. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 4(1): 14-16.
  • 2000b. Ren G.T. Sitling and his first Lepcha primer. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 4(2): 9-10.
  • 2000c. Pandit Nursying Lepcha of Paakyaong, Sikkim. King Gaeboo Achyok 2000. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 8-15.
  • 2001a. The Lepcha Flag. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 5(2): 16-17.
  • 2001b. Chi. Lepchas Traditional Drink. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 5(3): 10-13.
  • 2001c. Lepcha folk literature, King Gaeboo Achyok 2001. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 16-26.
  • 2002a. Soogi Lyaot-Tek. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 6(1): 35-37.
  • 2002b. Chu Rum Faat, Offerings and prayers to the Himalayas. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 6(3): 12-17.
  • 2003a. Lepcha Drama and Theatre. King Gaeboo Achyok 2003. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine 30-34.
  • 2003b. Lepchas, the beloved children of mother nature and god. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 7(2): 20-22.
  • 2004a. Tendong Hlo Rum Faat and its significance. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 8(2): 27-28.
  • 2004b. Dr Ongden Lepcha (Rongong). Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 8(3): 27-28.
  • 2007a. Origin of the Lepcha marriage'. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 11(1): 22-23.
  • 2007b. Namtho-Namthar, the Lepcha manuscripts. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 11(3): 39-48.
  • 2008a. What is 'Aachuley' to the Lepcha? Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 12(1): 22-23.
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  • 2008c. The story of Jyamphi Moong, a Yeti. A Lepcha Folk Tale. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 12(3): 10-11.
  • 2008d. Lepcha Song, Ode to the Himalayas. Translated by Lyangsong Tamsang. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 12(3): 12-14.
  • 2008e. The story of Sukfyet and Syak. King Gaeboo Achyok 2008. A Lepcha Bilingual Magazine: 16-18.
  • 2010a. Lepcha Hats. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 14(2): 12-14
  • 2010b. The story of Kasaok Book. A Lepcha folktale. Aachuley. A Quarterly Lepcha Bilingual News Magazine 14(2): 18-19.
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Tamsang, K.P. [Khárpú, Kharpoo] [1915-1985]

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Tamsang, Norbu Tshering

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Thakur, Rudranand

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