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Author T︠S︡ybikov, G. T︠S︡. (Gonbochzhab T︠S︡ėbekovich), 1873-1930, author.

Title A Buddhist pilgrim at the shrines of Tibet / by Gombozhab T. Tsybikov ; translated from the Russian by Paul Williams ; edited by Marybeth Sollins
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 42
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 42.
Contents Preface to the English edition -- Author's autobiographical note to the 1919 edition -- Preface to the 1919 edition -- Pilgrims on the way from Urga to Kumbum -- The holy places of Amdo : Kumbum and Labrang -- Kumbum to Lhasa -- Lhasa : the city and its main shrines -- The population of Lhasa -- Life in Lhasa -- The administration of Tibet -- The Dalai Lamas -- An episode from the life of the present Dalai Lama -- The organization and administration of the chief monasteries in the environs of Lhasa -- Ganden Monastery -- Drepun Monastery -- Sera Monastery -- Tashi-Lhunpo Monastery -- From Tashi-Lhunpo to Lhasa -- A journey to Tsetan and Samye -- Going home : journey from Lhasa to Kyakhta -- Glossary
Summary "Tsybikov was the first scholar with a European education to visit Tibet and describe its monasteries and temples as an eyewitness traveler and an objective researcher. Tsybikov had two distinct advantages: an ethnic Buryat he could travel as a Buddhist pilgrim and thus have a chance of reaching its mysterious capital Lhasa, the religious and political center of Tibet, which was barred to outsiders, especially Europeans; as a scholar educated at a European university he had the historical and linguistic background to understand and describe what he saw. Tsybikov understood the secretive nature of the lama state and was careful to hide his work as a researcher. It was his journal that became the basis of A Buddhist Pilgrim at the Shrines of Tibet, which has both the vividness of a traveller's eyewitness account and the informed detachment of a scholar. As a record of both religious practices and the everyday life in Tibet before Chinese inroads during the twentieth century effaced that way of life, Tsybikov's book is a unique and invaluable snapshot of a lost culture"--Provided by publisher
Notes "English edition of Buddist-palomnik u sviatyn' Tibeta (Petrograd, 1919)"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject T︠S︡ybikov, G. T︠S︡. (Gonbochzhab T︠S︡ėbekovich), 1873-1930 -- Travel -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
SUBJECT T︠S︡ybikov, G. T︠S︡. (Gonbochzhab T︠S︡ėbekovich), 1873-1930 fast
Subject Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History
Buddhist shrines -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History
Buddhist monasteries -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
Buddhist monasteries
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
Buddhist shrines
Manners and customs
Travel
SUBJECT Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religious life and customs
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Social life and customs
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Description and travel
Lhasa (China) -- Description and travel
Subject China -- Lhasa
China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Sollins, Marybeth, editor
LC no. 2016052297
ISBN 9789004336353
9004336354
Other Titles Buddist palomnik u svi︠a︡tynʹ Tibeta. English