BUDDHISM IN TIBET
ILLUSTRATED BY
LITERARY DOCUMENTS AND OBJECTS OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
WITH AN
ACCOUNT OF THE BUDDHIST SYSTEMS PRECEDING IT IN INDIA.
BY
EMIL SCHLAGINTWEIT, LL.D.
[1863]
ILLUSTRATED BY
LITERARY DOCUMENTS AND OBJECTS OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
WITH AN
ACCOUNT OF THE BUDDHIST SYSTEMS PRECEDING IT IN INDIA.
BY
EMIL SCHLAGINTWEIT, LL.D.
[1863]
"This mid-19th Century work is one of the few public domain descriptions of Tibetan Buddhism we have found. Desipte the sketchy knowledge of Buddhism in Europe at the time, this has a surprising level of detail about the subject, due to the pioneering field work of the authors' brothers. Some of the information in this book about sacred documents, divination methods, calendrical systems, as well as details of rituals and ritual objects is unique..."
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