Book

The Buddhism of Tibet: or Lamaism; with its mystic cults, symbolism and mythology, and in its relation to Indian Buddhism

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.LondonPublished In 1895 • Pages:

By: Waddell, L. A. (Laurence Austine).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is one of the classic studies on the lamaism of Tibet and its discussion of the religious aspects of lamaism is especially thorough. Divided into 8 sections, it ranges from the history of lamaism to aspects of popular lamaism as observed by Waddell in Tibet. Included also are discussions of the lamaistic doctrines, monastic orders, the shrines and structures, ritual and mythology, festivals and sacred dramas.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
General character of religion
Prophets and ascetics
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tibetans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ben Zimmerman ; 1955
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
No date
NotesAdditional notes
By L. Austine Waddell
Parts of the book have been indexed for the following files: Sikkim AK03; Nepal AK01; Bhutan AK02; W. Tibetans AJ04; Assam AR01
Includes bibliographical references (p. 578-583) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
24004665
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Buddhism
Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Religion