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Author:
Diemberger, Hildegard
Title:
When a woman becomes a religious dynasty : the Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet / Hildegard Diemberger.
Publisher:
Columbia University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
xx, 394 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Chos-kyi-sgron-ma,--1422-1455
Dorje Phagmos (Vajrav♯r♯hi incarnations)--Biography.
Bsam-lding-dgon-pa (Tibet, China)--History.
Samding Monastery
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-375) and index.
Contents:
The world of Chokyi Dronma -- The life of Chokyi Dronma -- The manuscript and its enigmas -- Princess, nun, yogin♯± -- Translation of the biography of the venerable Chokyi Dronma -- Succession and spiritual lineages: meaning and mysteries of Chokyi Dronma's reincarnation -- "Lady of the lake": the Dorje Phagmo at Samding -- Dorje Phagmo in the twentieth century: embodied divinity and government cadre -- The living tradition and the legacy of the princess -- Epilogue -- Twin reincarnation line and tentative chronology -- The families of Choki Dronma.
ISBN:
0231512465 (ebook)
9780231512466 (ebook)
0231143206 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231143202 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)80460149
LCCN:
2007000291
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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