ISBN:
9781139507387
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (292 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s)
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
Paralleltitel:
Print version
DDC:
306.095496
Schlagwort(e):
Nepal ; Languages
;
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) ; Languages
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Nepal ; Literatures
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) ; Literatures
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Nepal ; Religion
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) ; Religion
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Nepal Languages
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Languages
;
Nepal Literatures
;
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Literatures
;
Nepal Religion
;
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Religion
Kurzfassung:
An English civil servant who worked in British India and Nepal, Brian Houghton Hodgson (c.1801–94) was also a specialist in Tibetan Buddhism. First published in 1874, this is a collection of his essays on nineteenth-century Nepal and Tibet, earlier versions of which had appeared in the Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society and two books of Hodgson's own, later updated for the Phoenix, a monthly magazine for China, Japan and eastern Asia. Diverse in coverage, the essays represent over thirty years' research. Those in Part 1 focus on Buddhism, covering religious practices, writing, literature, attitudes to Buddhism and the differences between Buddhism and Shaivism. The pieces in Part 2 explore other aspects of Nepal and the Himalayas, such as tribal culture, colonisation and commerce. Discussing a range of linguistic, cultural, sociological and economic topics, this collection remains relevant to scholars working in these fields
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139507387
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