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Author Schaeffer, Kurtis R.

Title The culture of the book in Tibet / Kurtis R. Schaeffer.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-240) and index.
Contents The stuff of books -- The editor's texts -- The scholar's dream -- The physician's lament -- The king's canons -- The cost of a priceless book -- Epilogue: The boy who wrote Sutras on the sky -- Appendix 1. Buton Rinchendrup's letter to editors -- Appendix 2. The contents of the Buddhist canons -- Appendix 3. The cost of the canon at Dege.
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Subject Buddhist literature, Tibetan -- History and criticism.
Buddhist literature, Tibetan.
Buddhism and culture.
Buddhism and culture.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Civilization.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: 9780231147163 0231147163 (DLC) 2008036987
ISBN 0231519184 (electronic book)
9780231519182 (electronic book)
9780231147163 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0231147163 (cloth : alkaline paper)