Sources of Mongolian Buddhism

"This volume consists of twenty-four chapters containing a collection of selected original sources of Mongolian Buddhism, composed either in Tibetan or Mongolian language. This collection brings new material that has not yet been available in any of European languages. Translated sources serve...

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Beteiligte: Wallace, Vesna A. (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020]
In:Jahr: 2020
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normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Mongolei / Buddhismus / Quelle / Geschichte
B Mongolei / Buddhismus / Doktrin / Geschichte
weitere Schlagwörter:B Buddhism (Mongolia) Doctrines History
B Aufsatzsammlung
B Buddhism (Mongolia) History Sources
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Parallele Ausgabe:Elektronisch
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume consists of twenty-four chapters containing a collection of selected original sources of Mongolian Buddhism, composed either in Tibetan or Mongolian language. This collection brings new material that has not yet been available in any of European languages. Translated sources serve as a lens through which to examine Mongolian Buddhism in its variety of literary genres and styles and religious and cultural ideas and practices. Each chapter includes a translation of a shorter text or a selected section of a longer text, and each contributor also provides the introduction to a translated text or texts, which contextualizes text, references and endnotes. The volume contains twenty-four chapters classified into eight sections: The Early Seventeenth Century Texts; Autobiography and Biography; Buddhist Teachings; Buddhist Didactic Poetry; Buddhist Ritual Texts; Buddhist Oral Literature of the Eighteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; Tradition in Transition: The Twentieth Century Writings; Contemporary Buddhist Writings. stone inscription, doctrinal concepts, ornament for the mind, trilogy, didactic poetry, Buddhist literature, smoke offering, ritual texts, legend, internal regulations"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0190900695