Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1018

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Author: Leonard van der Kuijp
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1559390441
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 555

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Tibetan Literature addresses the immense variety of Tibet's literary heritage. An introductory essay by the editors attempts to assess the overall nature of 'literature' in Tibet and to understand some of the ways in which it may be analyzed into genres. The remainder of the book contains articles by nearly thirty scholars from America, Europe, and Asia—each of whom addresses an important genre of Tibetan literature. These articles are distributed among eight major rubrics: two on history and biography, six on canonical and quasi-canonical texts, four on philosophical literature, four on literature on the paths, four on ritual, four on literary arts, four on non-literary arts and sciences, and two on guidebooks and reference works.

Author: 福田洋一
Publisher:
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Category : Tibet (China)
Languages : un
Pages : 70

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Author: Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199889392
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Ritual is one of the most pervasive religious phenomena in the Tibetan cultural world. Despite its ubiquity and importance to Tibetan cultural life, however, only in recent years has Tibetan ritual been given the attention it deserves. This is the first scholarly collection to focus on this important subject. Unique in its historical, geographical and disciplinary breadth, this book brings together eleven essays by an international cast of scholars working on ritual texts, institutions and practices in the greater Tibetan cultural world - Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia. While most of the chapters focus on Buddhism, two deal with ritual in Tibet's indigenous Bon religion. All of the essays are original to this volume. An extensive introduction by the editor provides a broad overview of Tibetan ritual and contextualizes the chapters within the field of Buddhist and Tibetan studies. The book should find use in advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars on Tibetan religion. It will also be of interest to students and scholars of ritual generally.

Author: Geshe Lhundup Sopa
Publisher:
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Category : Tibetan language
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Author: Stephan V. Beyer
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791410998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 534

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Among Asian languages, Tibetan is second only to Chinese in the depth of its historical record, with texts dating back as far as the eighth and ninth centuries, written in an alphabetic script that preserves the contemporaneous phonological features of the language. The Classical Tibetan Language is the first comprehensive description of the Tibetan language and is distinctive in that it treats the classical Tibetan language on its own terms rather than by means of descriptive categories appropriate to other languages, as has traditionally been the case. Beyer presents the language as a medium of literary expression with great range, power, subtlety, and humor, not as an abstract object. He also deals comprehensively with a wide variety of linguistic phenomena as they are actually encountered in the classical texts, with numerous examples of idioms, common locutions, translation devices, neologisms, and dialectal variations.

Author: Richard H. Robinson
Publisher:
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Author: Arthur Berriedale Keith
Publisher:
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Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 750

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Author: A.I. Vostrikov
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113677601X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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First Published in 1995. The Russian original of the present work was posthumously published in 1962 in the revived Bibliotheea Buddhiea series and edited by G. N. Roerich. Improvements have been made to this title: the end-of-book notes are now arranged page-wise, and all Tibetan words are given in Roman transliteration. This book will be of interest to those already engaged in study of Western Tibet and particularly students of the history of Ladakh.

Author: David L. Snellgrove
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570621024
Category : Tibet (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Divided into three major sections, this comprehensive history covers the early kings, the middle ages, and the Yellow Hats, through to the 20th century. Ample bandw illustrations. A reprint of a revised edition published in 1980 by Prajna Press. (First edition published in 1968 by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Ltd.) Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR