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Priests , ancient and modern.- Dragsheds . ILLUSTRATIONS DERIVED FROM
MEASUREMENTS . Deities represented . WE learn from the ancient legends ,
that already in the earliest periods of Buddhism relics and images of the Buddha
had ...
Priests , ancient and modern.- Dragsheds . ILLUSTRATIONS DERIVED FROM
MEASUREMENTS . Deities represented . WE learn from the ancient legends ,
that already in the earliest periods of Buddhism relics and images of the Buddha
had ...
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... which were extracted from Nepalese Buddhist images , books , and engravings
on stone - a collection highly important for tracing the extent of Buddhism in
earlier periods . In these papers Hodgson points out in several instances the
identity ...
... which were extracted from Nepalese Buddhist images , books , and engravings
on stone - a collection highly important for tracing the extent of Buddhism in
earlier periods . In these papers Hodgson points out in several instances the
identity ...
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A tendency to adopt in religious images the figure peculiar to the artist's own
nation is observed wherever foreign images have been introduced together with
foreign worship ; the images display the characteristics of the nation now
executing ...
A tendency to adopt in religious images the figure peculiar to the artist's own
nation is observed wherever foreign images have been introduced together with
foreign worship ; the images display the characteristics of the nation now
executing ...
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Contents
Origin The principal events in his life His attainment of the per | 3 |
GRADUAL RISE AND PRESENT AREA OF THE BUDDHIST | 9 |
THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF SÂKYAMUNI | 15 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Buddhism in Tibet: Illustrated by Literary Documents and Objects of Religious Worship Reprints of economic classics |
| Author | Emil Schlagintweit |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Susil Gupta, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 juuni 2009 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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