Bringing Buddhism to Tibet history and narrative in the Dba’ bzhed manuscript

Bringing Buddhism to Tibet is a landmark study of the Dba’ bzhed, a text recounting the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet. The narrative of Buddhism’s arrival in Tibet is known from a number of versions, but the Dba’ bzhed—preserved in a single manuscript—is the oldest complete copy. Although the Db...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: European Research Council (ERC) funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Doney, Lewis (auth), Doney, Lewis, editor (editor), Brandon, Dotson, contributor (contributor), John, Bray, 1957- contributor, Lewis, Doney, contributor, Michael, Willis, contributor, Sam, van Schaik, contributor, Serena, Biondo, contributor, Tsering, Gonkatsang, contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter 2021
[2020]
Colección:Beyond Boundaries
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429262806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In Memoriam: Tsering Dhundup Gonkatsang (1951–2018)
  • Abbreviations
  • Transliteration
  • Figures and Tables
  • Part One
  • Chapter 1 The Testimony of Ba: Literature and Exemplars
  • Chapter 2 An Archaeology of the Dba’ bzhed Manuscript
  • Chapter 3 Reflections on the Original Form and Function of the Testimony of Ba From Dunhuang
  • Chapter 4 Archaisms and the Transmission of the Dba’ bzhed
  • Chapter 5 Narrative Sources of the Great Debate
  • Chapter 6 History, Identity and Religious Dynamics in the Portrayal of Khri Srong lde btsan
  • Part Two
  • Text and Translation
  • Tibetan-Language Sources
  • Non-Tibetan Language Literature
  • Index to the Dba’ bzhed Manuscript
  • Subject Index.