| Description |
1 online resource (435 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions |
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RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions.
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| Contents |
Part one. The face of monasticism -- part two. Truth and hierarchy in tantric ritual -- part three. Local rites -- part four. Authority and the person in Gelukpa monasticism -- part five. Ideology, ritual and state |
| Summary |
This is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet. Containing detailed descriptions and analyses of monastic ritual, the work builds up a picture of Tibetan tantric traditions as they interact with more localised understandings of bodily identity and territorial cosmology, to produce a substantial re-interpretation of the place of monks as ritual performer |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 20, 2013) |
| Subject |
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders.
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Authority -- Religious aspects.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Authority -- Religious aspects
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Buddhist monasticism and religious orders
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136854675 |
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1136854673 |
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9781315028880 |
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1315028883 |
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9781136854811 |
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1136854819 |
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9781136854743 |
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1136854746 |
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9780415591386 |
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0415591384 |
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