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The Buddhism of Tibet Or Lamaism:- With Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and In Its Relation To Indian Buddhism

by L. Austine Waddell
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9788121231671
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
  • Publisher Imprint: Gyan Publishing House
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 681
  • Original Price: INR 1240.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 995 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): N/A

With notes on its mystic cults, symbolism and mythology and its relations to Indian Buddhism. An exhaustive study and exposition of the Buddhist beliefs as practiced in Tibet. The book is planned as an encyclopedia, and it has sections devoted to each aspect of Lamaism. The book is divided into 9 sections which give copious descriptions. The sections covered are: Historical ; Doctrinal ; Monastic; Buildings; Mythology and gods ; Ritual and sorcery; Festivals and plays ; and finally, on popular Lamaism. Each of these sections is further sub divided, and hence makes the perusal of this book quite friendly ~ This book is profusely illustrated with wood cuts over 175 of them. The work is a reprint of the 1899 edition

Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell was a Scottish explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Indian Army surgeon, collector in Tibet, and amateur archaeologist. Waddell also studied Sumerian and Sanskrit; he made various translations of seals and other inscriptions. Some of his book publications however were popular with the public, and he is regarded by some today to have been a real-life precursor of the fictional character Indiana Jones. His first job was as a resident surgeon near the university and was also the President of Glasgow University's Medical Society. In 1879 he visited Ceylon and Burma and was 'irresistibly attracted' towards Buddhism which in later years led him to study the tenets, history and art of Buddhism. In 1880 Waddell joined the British Indian Army and served as a medical officer with the Indian Medical Service (I.M.S), subsequently he was stationed in India and the Far East (Tibet, China and Burma). The following year he became a Professor of Chemistry and Pathology at the Medical College of Kolkata, India. While working in India, Waddell also studied Sanskrit and edited the Indian Medical Gazette. He became Assistant Sanitary Commissioner under the government of India.

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