ISBN:
9789004330191
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9004330194
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9789004335042
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 514 Seiten
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1 Karte
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25 cm
Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan studies library Volume 40
Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan studies library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gentry, James Duncan Power objects in Tibetan Buddhism
Dissertation note:
Dissertation Harvard University 2014
DDC:
294.3/923092
Keywords:
Sog-bzlog-pa Blo-gros-rgyal-mtshan
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Power Religious aspects
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Buddhism
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Rnying-ma-pa (Sect)
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Rnying-ma-pa lamas Biography
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Hochschulschrift
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Tibetischer Buddhismus
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Kultgegenstand
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Heiliger Gegenstand
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Tibetischer Buddhismus
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Kultgegenstand
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Heiliger Gegenstand
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Blo-gros-rgyal-mtshan Sog-bzlog-pa 1552-1624
Abstract:
In 'Power Objects in Tibetan Buddhism: The Life, Writings, and Legacy of Sokdokpa Lodro Gyeltsen', James Duncan Gentry explores how objects of power figure in Tibetan religion, society, and polity through a study of the life of the Tibetan Buddhist ritual specialist Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen (1552-1624) within the broader context of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Tibet. In presenting Sokdokpa's career and legacy, Gentry traces the theme of power objects across a wide spectrum of genres to show how Tibetan Buddhists themselves have theorized about objects of power and implemented them in practice. This study therefore provides a lens into how power objects serve as points of convergence for elite doctrinal discourses, socio-political dynamics, and popular religious practices in Tibetan Buddhist societies
Note:
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 464-493) and index
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Text in English, Tibetan and Sanskrit; quotations translated from the Tibetan and the Sanskrit
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