Brian Houghton Hodgson

Essays on the Languages, Literature, and Religion of Nepal and Tibet

Together with Further Papers on the Geography, Ethnology, and Commerce of Those

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1874, this collection of essays explores writing, Buddhist practices and culture in nineteenth-century Nepal and Tibet.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781108056083
• ISBN-10: 1108056083
• Artikelnr.: 37466193

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: 1. Notices of the languages, literature, and religion of Nepál and Tibet
2. Sketch of Buddhism
3. Quotations from original Sanskrit authorities
4. European speculations on Buddhism
5. Remarks on M. Remusat's review of Buddhism
6. Note on the inscription from Sárnáth
7. Notice of Adi Buddha and the seven mortal Buddhas
8. Note on the primary language of the Buddhist writings
9. A disputation respecting caste by a Buddhist
10. On the extreme resemblance that prevails between many of the symbols of Buddhism and Saivism
11. The Pravrajyá Vrata or initiatory rites of the Buddhists
Part II: 1. On the physical geography of the Himálaya
2. On the aborigines of the Himálaya
3. Origin and classification of the military tribes of Nepál
4. On the Chepang and Kusunda tribes of Nepál
5. Cursory notice of Náyakot and of the remarkable tribes inhabiting it
6. On the tribes of northern Tibet and of Sifan
7. On the colonization of the Himálaya by Europeans
8. On the commerce of Nepál
Index.