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Author Dge-ʼdun-chos-ʼphel, A-mdo, 1903-1951, author.

Title Grains of gold : tales of a cosmopolitan traveler / Gendun Chopel ; translated by Thupten Jinpa and Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (480 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Buddhism and modernity
Buddhism and modernity.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel (1903-51) sent a large manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in the northeastern corner of Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. But he did not receive the welcome he imagined: he was arrested by the government of the regent of the young Dalai Lama on trumped-up charges of treason. He emerged from prison three years later a broken man and died soon after. Gendun Chopel was a prolific writer during his short life. Yet.
Contents Introduction -- By Thupten Jinpa and Donald S. Lopez Jr.; 1. First, How I Set Out from Lhasa; 2. General Formation of the Land of India and How It Acquired Its Name; 3. How the Lands Were Given Their Names; 4. The Snow Mountains of the North and Analysis of Related Issues; 5. What the Famous Places of the Past Are Like; 6. On Men, Women, Food, Drink, and Various Apparel; 7. Identification of Various Species of Flowers and Trees and How to Recognize Them; 8. Writing Systems of Various Lands of Past and Present; 9. On the Linguistic Rules of the Tibetan Language.
10. The Inscriptions of the Dharma King Aśoka Carved on the Rock Face of Mount Girnar11. The Gupta Dynasty; 12. The Pāla Dynasty; 13. From 1,600 Years after the Passing of the Buddha to the Present; 14. On the History of Siṅghala; 15. On the Conditions and the Customs of the Tibetan People in Ancient Times; 16. The Religion of the Tīrthikas; 17. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix A: Tibetan Transliteration; Appendix B: Glossary of Terms; Notes; Index.
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Subject Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History.
Buddhism.
China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History.
History.
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Thupten Jinpa.
Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952- translator.
Added Title Rgyal khams rig pas bskor baʼi gtam brgyud gser gyi thang ma. English
Other Form: Print version: Chopel, Gendun. Grains of Gold. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014 9780226091976
ISBN 9780226092027 (electronic book)
022609202X (electronic book)