Etymology Of ‘Tegri’, Worshipped By Genghis Khan

Khan means lord or king in Mongolian/ Turkic. Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan (d. 1227), founded of the Mongol Empire. He worshiped Tengri (heavens, like dyaus) whose best etymology to my mind is Sanskrit tan+giri (tan means expansion and giri is mountain, so stretched mountain).

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— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) October 7, 2019

This becomes clear when one notices that aśman of Sanskrit (asman in Farsi) means rock or stone (that is sky).

His grandson, Khubilai Khan, founded the Yuan dynasty of China (1271- 1368) and officially declared Buddhism the state religion.

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— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) October 7, 2019

Later, great Mongolian khans were declared to be reincarnations of various deities – Chinggis Khan being the reincarnation of Vajrapāṇi, and Khubilai Khan that of Mañjuśrī.

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— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) October 7, 2019