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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).
— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) October 7, 2019
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This becomes clear when one notices that aśman of Sanskrit (asman in Farsi) means rock or stone (that is sky).
— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) October 7, 2019
His grandson, Khubilai Khan, founded the Yuan dynasty of China (1271- 1368) and officially declared Buddhism the state religion.
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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.
— Subhash Kak (@subhashkak1) October 7, 2019
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