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Kailas histories : renunciate traditions and the construction of Himalayan sacred geography / by Alex McKay.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 38.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004306189
  • 9004306188
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kailas histories.DDC classification:
  • 294.5/3509515 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1239.38.C62 K3545 2016
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Acknowledgements; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; Maps; Introduction; Section 1. Indic Histories; Chapter 1. Mountains and Renunciates: The Early Pan-Asian Cultural Landscape; Chapter 2. "The Play Garden of the Gods ... Beyond the Course of Humans"; Chapter 3. Recreating the Divine Order: The Puranic Kailas; Chapter 4. A Tantric Kailas: The Alchemical Trail; Chapter 5. An Early Buddhist Kelāsa; Chapter 6. Kailas on the Edge of Modernity; Section 2. The Kailas Mountains of India; Chapter 7. Above the Naga Lakes: Kaplaś Kailas & Manimahesh Kailas.
Chapter 8. The Kinnaur and the Adhi KailasChapter 9. Sri Kailas: The Mountain at the Source; Chapter 10. Sri Kailas: The Epic Prototype?; Illustrations; Section 3. Tibetan Histories; Chapter 11. Tibet's Tise; Chapter 12. Buddhacising the Mountain; Chapter 13. Zhang-Zhung, Bön, and the Mountain; Chapter 14. The Tise (Kailas) Deities; Section 4. Modern Histories; Chapter 15. The European Construction of Kailas-Manasarovar; Chapter 16. From Theosophy's Mahatmas to a Globalised Kailas; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1097848

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; Maps; Introduction; Section 1. Indic Histories; Chapter 1. Mountains and Renunciates: The Early Pan-Asian Cultural Landscape; Chapter 2. "The Play Garden of the Gods ... Beyond the Course of Humans"; Chapter 3. Recreating the Divine Order: The Puranic Kailas; Chapter 4. A Tantric Kailas: The Alchemical Trail; Chapter 5. An Early Buddhist Kelāsa; Chapter 6. Kailas on the Edge of Modernity; Section 2. The Kailas Mountains of India; Chapter 7. Above the Naga Lakes: Kaplaś Kailas & Manimahesh Kailas.

Chapter 8. The Kinnaur and the Adhi KailasChapter 9. Sri Kailas: The Mountain at the Source; Chapter 10. Sri Kailas: The Epic Prototype?; Illustrations; Section 3. Tibetan Histories; Chapter 11. Tibet's Tise; Chapter 12. Buddhacising the Mountain; Chapter 13. Zhang-Zhung, Bön, and the Mountain; Chapter 14. The Tise (Kailas) Deities; Section 4. Modern Histories; Chapter 15. The European Construction of Kailas-Manasarovar; Chapter 16. From Theosophy's Mahatmas to a Globalised Kailas; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.