Kailas Histories : Renunciate Traditions and the Construction of Himalayan Sacred Geography
Alex McKay
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books
| Omfang | 1 Online-Ressource (550 p)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record. - Chapter 8. The Kinnaur and the Adhi Kailas -- Chapter 9. Sri Kailas: The Mountain at the Source -- Chapter 10. Sri Kailas: The Epic Prototype? -- Illustrations -- Section 3. Tibetan Histories -- Chapter 11. Tibet's Tise -- Chapter 12. Buddhacising the Mountain -- Chapter 13. Zhang-Zhung, Bön, and the Mountain -- Chapter 14. The Tise (Kailas) Deities -- Section 4. Modern Histories -- Chapter 15. The European Construction of Kailas-Manasarovar -- Chapter 16. From Theosophy's Mahatmas to a Globalised Kailas -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index. - Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Maps -- List of Illustrations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Section 1. Indic Histories -- Chapter 1. Mountains and Renunciates: The Early Pan-Asian Cultural Landscape -- Chapter 2. "The Play Garden of the Gods … Beyond the Course of Humans" -- Chapter 3. Recreating the Divine Order: The Puranic Kailas -- Chapter 4. A Tantric Kailas: The Alchemical Trail -- Chapter 5. An Early Buddhist Kelāsa -- Chapter 6. Kailas on the Edge of Modernity -- Section 2. The Kailas Mountains of India -- Chapter 7. Above the Naga Lakes: Kaplaś Kailas & Manimahesh Kailas
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| Geografisk emneord | Kailas, Mount (China) . - Tibet Autonomous Region (China) - History. . - Tibet region - Religious life and customs. . - Kailasha : (NO-TrBIB)HUME18503. - Xizang : (NO-TrBIB)HUME02021
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| ISBN | 9789004304581 (print). - 9789004306189 : 166.67 (NL),250 (UA),208.33 (3U),166.67 (1U)
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