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Death and beyond in ancient Tibet : archaic concepts and practices in a thousand-year-old illuminated funerary manuscript and old Tibetan funerary documents of Gathang Bumpa and Dunhuang

Obrazy
Autor
John Vincent Bellezza ; maps by Guntram Hazod
Ausstellungsort
Wien
Ausgabejahr
2013
Inhaltsverzeichnis

FOREWORD . . 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . 3

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNERARY DOCUMENTS OF THIS STUDY . . 5
  Part I . . 5
  Part II . . 6
  Part III . . 9
  Other sources . . 11

PART I THE ILLUMINATED FUNERARY MANUSCRIPT
Philological and Historical Analysis of the Illuminated Funerary Manuscript . . 15
  System of Notation and Translator's Note . . 29
Division One: The Psychopomp Ritual . . 30
Division Two: The Ste'u Ritual . . 78

PART II THE GATHANG BUMPA FUNERARY DOCUMENTS
An Introduction to Rnel dri 'dul ba'i thabs sogs . . 117
Rnel dri 'dul ba'i thabs sogs: Chapter I . . 121
Rnel dri 'dul ba'i thabs sogs: Chapter II . . 128
Rnel dri 'dul ba'i thabs sogs: Chapter III . . 167
An Introduction to Sha ru shul ston rabs la sags pa . . 177
Sha ru shul ston rabs la sags pa: Chapter I . . 182
Sha ru shul ston rabs la sags pa: Chapter II . . 193

PART III: SELECTED ORIGINS MYTHS AND RITUALS FROM THE DUNHUANG FUNERARY MANUSCRIPTS
The Origins Myth of the Skyibs-lug in Pt 1194 . . 213
The Origins Myth of Lhe'u yang-ka' rje in Pt 1134 . . 221
The Do-ma Funerary Transport Horse Ritual in ITJ 73 lr . . 236

CONCLUSION . . 249
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . 257
INDEXES . . 269

Serie
(Denkschriften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse ; Bd. 454. Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 77)