Kan Bungen - Kan Bungen

Japanese: カン・ブンゲン - かんぶんげん
Kan Bungen - Kan Bungen

...The mountain was once named Peak 30, but was later named Manaslu, which means "land of the spirit" in Sanskrit. Locals call it "Kang Bungyen" (snow shoulder) or "Pungyen" (name of bracelet or guardian deity) in Tibetan. After W. Tillman's reconnaissance after World War II, when Nepal lifted its isolation from the outside world, the Japan Alpine Club proceeded with the plan, and the reconnaissance team (Kinji Imanishi and five others) in the fall of 1952 and the first team (13 people including Yukio Mita) in 1953 approached within 400m of the summit. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kan Bungen" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…山名はかつてピーク30と記されたが,サンスクリットで〈霊魂の土地〉を意味するマナスルと命名された。地元民はチベット語で〈カン・ブンゲン〉(雪の肩)または〈プンギェン〉(腕輪または守護神の名)という。 ネパールが鎖国を解いた第2次大戦後のW.ティルマンの偵察ののち,日本山岳会が計画を進め,1952年秋の偵察隊(今西錦司ほか5名),53年の第1次隊(三田幸夫ら13名)が頂上まで400mと迫る。…

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