Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History: Transformations of Sbas Yul Through Time
Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History showcases recent scholarship, photo essays, maps, and translations about hidden lands (sbas yul) across the Himalaya, from historical and contemporary perspectives.
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2020
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In: | Year: 2020 |
Series/Journal: | Brill's Tibetan Studies Library
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Electronic books
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Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004437494 |
Summary: | Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History showcases recent scholarship, photo essays, maps, and translations about hidden lands (sbas yul) across the Himalaya, from historical and contemporary perspectives. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on the Locations of the sbas yul -- Maps -- Editors and Contributors -- Part 1 Introducing the sbas yul -- Photo Essay The Terrestrial Buddha Realm of sbas yul Padma bkod: A Visual Pilgrimage -- Chapter 1 Hidden Lands of Tibet in Myth and History -- Part 2 The sbas yul over Time: Historical Perspectives -- Chapter 2 Healing Mountains and Hidden Lands -- Chapter 3 Did sbas yul Play a Part in the Development of Tibetan Book Culture? -- Chapter 4 Early Echoes of sbas yul Padma bkod in the Lifestory of Thang stong rgyal po -- Chapter 5 Padma bkod through the Lens of Two Pilgrimage Guidebooks: Walking the Body of Rdo rje phag mo -- Chapter 6 "A Great and Small Padma bkod": Guidebooks and Individual Journeys -- Chapter 7 Prophecy and Fantastical Reality in Sle lung Bzhad pa'i rdo rje's Journey to Padma bkod -- Chapter 8 The Shapeshifting Goddess: The Consecration of Padma bkod's Yang Sang Chu Region by the 20th-Century gter ston, Bdud 'joms drag sngags gling pa -- Part 3 The sbas yul in the Modern World: Ethnographic Perspectives -- Chapter 9 The Arising of Padma bkod in the Western World -- Chapter 10 Voices from the Mountainside: Vernacular sbas yul in the Western Himalaya -- Chapter 11 Pachakshiri: A Little-Known Hidden Land between Tsa ri and Padma bkod in the Eastern Himalaya -- Chapter 12 How Is This Sacred Place Arrayed? Pacification, Increase, Magnetism, and Wrath in the Establishment of an Eastern Himalayan sbas yul -- Photo Essay Glimpses of a Hidden Land: The sbas yul of Yol mo -- Part 4 Two Guidebooks to the Hidden Land of Padma Bkod -- 'Ja' tshon snying po's Guidebook to the Hidden Land of Padma bkod -- Bdud 'joms gling pa's Hidden Sacred Land of Padma bkod -- Index. |
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ISBN: | 9004437681 |