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Manuscripts and Travellers : the Sino-Tibetan Documents of a Tenth-century Buddhist Pilgrim.
This study is based on a Sino-Tibetan manuscript from the late 960s, carried by a Chinese pilgrim through the Hexi corridor on his way from Wutaishan to India. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction that functioned as a passport as the monk stopped in monasteries on his way. The man...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in manuscript cultures ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I. Cultural Context and Historical Connections; 2 The Dunhuang Manuscripts; 3 Buddhist Pilgrimage to the West in the Tenth Century; 4 Tibetans of the Borderlands; Part II. The Manuscript; 5 The Structure of the Manuscript; 6 From the Gantong Monastery; 7 The Baoenjing; 8 The Tibetan Tantric Texts; 9 The Letters of Passage; 10 Conclusions; Maps; Bibliography; Index; Plates.