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Title: A Comparative Study of Esoteric Buddhist Manuscripts and Icons Discovered at Dun-huang
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Kimiaki Tanaka
One Sentence Summary: This paper examines the relationship of esoteric texts and paintings discovered at Dunhuang to the various Buddhist sects and traditions that existed in Tibet before the 11th century.

Description: This paper examines the relationship of esoteric texts and paintings discovered at Dunhuang in northwest China to the various Buddhist sects and traditions that existed before the later transmission (phyi dar) of Buddhism to Tibet in the 11th and 12th centuries. The paper notes that Dunhuang manuscripts are a vital source for understanding the “pre-rNying-ma-ba,” or underground esoteric traditions, that survived between the fall of the Tibetan Dynasty and the time of the later transmission. (Ben Deitle 2006-03-03)
Publisher Place: Narita, Narita-shi, Chiba-ken
Publisher: Naritasan Shinshoji
Normalized publisher place: Narita
Publisher country: Japan
Published Date: 1992
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Subject: Dunhuang manuscripts
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Multi-Author Edited Volumes -- Conference Proceedings -- Proceedings of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (PIATS) -- PIATS 5 (1989) -- Tibetan Studies, PIATS 5, vol. 1
Cultural Coverage: Tibet
Temporal coverage: 8th century CE
9th century CE
Language: English
Series Title: Proceedings of the International Association for Tibetan Studies
Series volume: 5
Series 2 editor: Shōren Ihara
Series 2 volume: 2
Series 2 Title: Monograph Series of Naritasan Institute for Buddhist Studies Occasional Papers
Source: Tibetan studies: Proceedings of the 5th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Narita 1989
Source Editor: Shōren Ihara
Zuihō Yamaguchi
Source Type: Conference Proceedings
Source Volume: 1
Source Page Numbers: 275-279
Frequency of publication: Irregular
Format: Print media (print or manuscript, including PDFs)
Resource Type: Article
Release Flag: OK for viewing
Date Of Record Creation: 2006-03-06 12:01:27
Date Last Modified: 2008-03-19 13:06:43
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