The Buddhism of Tibet : Or Lamaism, with its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in its Relation to Indian Buddhism Paperback / softback
by Laurence Austine Waddell
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Religion series
Paperback / softback
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Laurence Austine Waddell (1854-1938) qualified in medicine and chemistry at Glasgow University and in 1880 embarked on a successful career in the colonial Indian Medical Service which took him to Darjeeling, Burma and Tibet, and eventually an academic post at Calcutta Medical College.
In addition, Waddell studied Sanskrit and published extensively on Tibet (his books Among the Himalayas (1899) and Lhasa and its Mysteries (1905) are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection).
This landmark study of Tibetan Buddhism first appeared in 1895.
Waddell cites earlier European scholarship, including that of Burnouf (also reissued), but emphasises that his book is based on original field research at temples and among the lay population.
It covers the history of Tibetan Buddhism, its relationship with other branches of Buddhism, doctrine, places of worship, rituals and festivals, popular religion and the occult.
It also includes around 200 illustrations and a substantial bibliography.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:636 pages, 6 Plates, black and white; 181 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:12/03/2015
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- ISBN:9781108081801
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:636 pages, 6 Plates, black and white; 181 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:12/03/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108081801
