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Title: Dgra-lha: a Re-examination
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Todd Gibson
One Sentence Summary: In this brief communication Gibson investigates the Tibetan term dgra lha, which commonly refers to a particular type of deity.

Description: In this brief communication Gibson investigates the Tibetan term dgra lha, which commonly refers to a particular type of deity. He argues that the term may actually have its roots in another term, sgra bla, evidenced in Bönpo (bon po) literature and epics of the Tibetan dynasty. He looks at how the term may have changed over time, and what impact this revised etymology would have the interpretation of dgra lha in various literary sources. (Ben Deitle 2006-01-27)

Publisher Place: Bloomington
Publisher: The Tibet Society
Normalized publisher place: Bloomington, IN
Publisher country: United States
Published Date: 1985
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/jts/JTS_05_03.pdf
Subject: Dralha (dgra lha)
Drabla (sgra bla)
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Language and Linguistics
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Tibet -- Journal of the Tibet Society -- Vol. 5 (1985)
Cultural Coverage: Tibet
Language: English
Source: The Journal of the Tibet Society
Source Editor: Elliot Sperling, 1951-
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 5
Source Page Numbers: 67-72
Start Date: 1981
End Date: 1988
Frequency of publication: Annually
ISBN/ISSN: 7351364

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Resource Type: Brief Communication
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Date Of Record Creation: 2005-12-15 17:12:44
Date Record Checked: 2006-01-30
Date Last Modified: 2006-02-21 14:46:34
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