What does the Nepali name Deva-dhunga mean?

What does the Nepali name Deva-dhunga mean?

• A. Sea of God
• B. Goddess of the Sea
• C. Mother of the World
• D. Peak of the Gods

Answer: (A)

Deva is the element that carries the idea of a higher being, a god. In many Nepali place names, a deity’s name is paired with a word that describes the landscape in a sweeping, poetic way. The portion dhunga in this compound is read in the sense of a vast, sea-like expanse. Put together, the name evokes a sacred, expansive surface that belongs to the gods, hence Sea of God. The other interpretations don’t fit the way the name is constructed, where the emphasis is on a divine association and a broad, surface-like landscape rather than a superhero-like attribute, a world-wide frame, or a mountain peak.

Deva is the element that carries the idea of a higher being, a god. In many Nepali place names, a deity’s name is paired with a word that describes the landscape in a sweeping, poetic way. The portion dhunga in this compound is read in the sense of a vast, sea-like expanse. Put together, the name evokes a sacred, expansive surface that belongs to the gods, hence Sea of God. The other interpretations don’t fit the way the name is constructed, where the emphasis is on a divine association and a broad, surface-like landscape rather than a superhero-like attribute, a world-wide frame, or a mountain peak.