| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 532 pages, 29 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Brill's Tibetan studies library,
1568-6183 ;
v. 8
|
|
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 8.
1568-6183
|
| Note |
"Languages of the greater Himalayan region"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-500) and indexes. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
Foreword by Henk Blezer; Acknowledgments; i) Introduction to the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet; ii) The greater tradition: cross-cultural comparisons; iii) Introduction to Part Two: interviews conducted with spirit-mediums; iv) Introduction to Part Three: the mountain deities of the spirit-mediums; v) Introduction to Part Four: spirit-mediums in the Bon literary tradition; vi) Introduction to Part Five: Bon literary references to the ritual implements and practices of the spiritmediums; i) bsTan-grag lha-pa, born circa 1925; ii) Pho-bo dbang-phyug, born circa 1920. |
|
iii) dPa' dam, born circa 1914iv) Khams-pa'i dpa' chung, born circa 1912; v) sPu-yu, born circa 1939; vi) Bu-chung, born circa 1919; vii) Lha-pa bstan-pa, born circa 1936; viii) Phyogs-bzhi lha-pa, born circa 1927; ix) Lha-klu, born circa 1948; x) dPa' mo, born circa 1925; xi) Pho-bo lha-dbang, born circa 1935; xii) sGrol-dkar, born circa 1952; xiii) Pho-bo mtsho-rgyal, born circa 1939; xiv) Karma rig 'dzin, born circa 1935; xv) Pho-bo chu-bza. |
| Summary |
Unique original material on the phenomenon of the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet, the men and women who channel the gods. With extensive interviews with members of this living tradition. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English with passages in Tibetan (romanized); includes translations from Tibetan. |
| Subject |
Shamans -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
|
|
Shamans. |
|
China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. |
|
Bon (Tibetan religion) -- Rituals -- Texts.
|
|
Bon (Tibetan religion) -- Rituals. |
| Genre/Form |
Texts.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bellezza, John Vincent. Spirit-mediums, sacred mountains, and related Bon textual traditions in upper Tibet. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (DLC) 2005042193 |
|
Online version: Bellezza, John Vincent. Spirit-mediums, sacred mountains, and related Bon textual traditions in upper Tibet. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (OCoLC)945914681 |
| ISBN |
9781429453080 (electronic book) |
|
1429453087 (electronic book) |
|
9789004143883 (alkaline paper) |
|
9004143882 (alkaline paper) |
|
9781433707292 (electronic book) |
|
1433707292 (electronic book) |
|
9004143882 (alkaline paper) |
|
