An early Tibetan survey of Buddhist literature : the Bstan pa rgyas pa rgyan gyi nyi 'od of Bcom Idan ral gri / [edited by] Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schaeffer, Kurtis R.

Kuijp, Leonard W. J. van der

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Harvard oriental series ; v. 64.

Harvard oriental series ; v. 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist literature, Tibetan.

Buddhist literature, Tibetan--Sources.

Bcom-ldan-rigs-paʼi-ral-gri, active 13th century. Bstan pa rgyas pa rgyan gyi nyi 'od.

Bcom-ldan-rigs-paʼi-ral-gri.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

276 pages ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2009.

Summary:

This volume is a study and edition of Bcom Idan ral gri's (1227-1305) "Bstan pa rgyas pa rgyan gyi nyi 'od. Likely composed in the last decades of the thirteenth century, this systematic list of Buddhist Sutras, Tantras, Shastras, and related genres translated primarily from Sanskrit and other Indic languages holds an important place in the history of Buddhist literature in Tibet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0674014596 :

9780674014596

OCLC:

56447915