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A Buddhist pilgrim at the shrines of Tibet

Title: A Buddhist pilgrim at the shrines of Tibet / by Gombozhab T. Tsybikov ; translated from the Russian by Paul Williams ; edited by Marybeth Sollins.
Author: T︠S︡ybikov, G. T︠S︡. (Gonbochzhab T︠S︡ėbekovich), 1873-1930
Publication: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

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Description

xxiii, 281 pages; 25 cm

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.

Series Statement

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; volume 42

Uniform Title

Buddist palomnik u svi︠a︡tynʹ Tibeta. English
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 42.

Alternative Title

Buddist palomnik u svi︠a︡tynʹ Tibeta.

Subjects

Note

"English edition of Buddist-palomnik u sviatyn' Tibeta (Petrograd, 1919)"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

Call Number

JFE 17-4502

ISBN

9789004335769
9004335765

LCCN

2016049753

OCLC

958782433

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.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; volume 42

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 42.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Sollins, Marybeth, editor.

Williams, Paul, translator.

Other Form:

Online version: T︠S︡ybikov, G. T︠S︡. (Gonbochzhab T︠S︡ėbekovich), 1873-1930, author. Buddhist pilgrim at the shrines of Tibet. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004336353 (DLC) 2016052297

Research Call Number

JFE 17-4502

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