Alex McKay

Pilgrimage in Tibet

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discusses historical and contemporary aspects of pilgrimage within the Tibetan cultural world. Examines myths and legends, material conditions, textual sources, a modern pilgrim's impressions, political and economic influences, biographies and contemporary developments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781138862302
• ISBN-10: 1138862304
• Artikelnr.: 42834389

Autorenporträt

McKay, Alex

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Alex McKay
Chapter 1 ::, Katia Buffetrille
Chapter 2 On the Geographical and Material Contextuality of Tibetan Pilgrimage, Wim van Spengen
Chapter 3 Hindu Trading Pilgrims, John Clarke
Chapter 4 Khyung-sprul 'Jigs-med nam-mkha'i rdo-rje (1897-1955), Per Kværne
Chapter 5 On Pilgrimage for Forty Years in the Himalayas, Hanna Havnevik
Chapter 6 On the way to Kailash, Winand M. Callewaert
Chapter 7 The opening of the sBas Yul 'Bras mo'i gshongs according to the Chronicle of the Rulers of Sikkim, Brigitte Steinmann
Chapter 8 ::, Andrea Loseries-Leick
Chapter 9 Kailas-Manasarovar in "Classical" (Hindu) and Colonial Sources, Alex McKay
Chapter 10 Tibetan Pilgrimage in the Process of Social Change, Peng Wenbin