Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 598 Seiten)
Edition:
This edition first published 1895, this digitally printed version 2015
ISBN:
9781316160602
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Religion
Content:
Laurence Austine Waddell (1854–1938) qualified in medicine and chemistry at Glasgow University and in 1880 embarked on a successful career in the colonial Indian Medical Service which took him to Darjeeling, Burma and Tibet, and eventually an academic post at Calcutta Medical College. In addition, Waddell studied Sanskrit and published extensively on Tibet (his books Among the Himalayas (1899) and Lhasa and its Mysteries (1905) are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). This landmark study of Tibetan Buddhism first appeared in 1895. Waddell cites earlier European scholarship, including that of Burnouf (also reissued), but emphasises that his book is based on original field research at temples and among the lay population. It covers the history of Tibetan Buddhism, its relationship with other branches of Buddhism, doctrine, places of worship, rituals and festivals, popular religion and the occult. It also includes around 200 illustrations and a substantial bibliography.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108081801
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108081801
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Tibetischer Buddhismus
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781316160602
URL:
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Author information:
Waddell, Laurence A. 1854-1938
