Format:
1 online resource (324 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789047421191
Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan Studies Library v.No. 14
Content:
Early medieval Tibet remains one of the most challenging fields in Tibetan Studies overall, wherein numerous mysteries remain. This work features six contributions that shed light on major topics in history, literature and religion.
Content:
Preface -- Abbreviations -- PART ONE: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY -- BRANDON DOTSON Divination and Law in the Tibetan Empire: The Role of Dice in the Legislation of Loans, Interest, Marital Law and Troop Conscription -- BIANCA HORLEMANN The Relations of the Eleventh-Century Tsong kha Tribal Confederation to Its Neighbour States on the Silk Road -- PART TWO: LITERARY AND ORAL TRANSMISSIONS -- YOSHIRO IMAEDA The History of the Cycle of Birth and Death: A Tibetan Narrative from Dunhuang -- SAM VAN SCHAIK Oral Teachings and Written Texts: Transmission and Transformation in Dunhuang -- PART THREE: CHINESE TRENDS IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM -- MATTHEW T. KAPSTEIN The Tibetan Yulanpen jing -- CARMEN MEINERT The Conjunction of Chinese Chan and Tibetan Rdzogs chen Thought: Reflections on the Tibetan Dunhuang Manuscripts IOL Tib J 689-1 and PT 699 -- List of Contributors -- Illustrations.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004160644
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004160644
Language:
English
URL:
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