Stein, R. A. 1911-1999.

Rolf Stein's Tibetica antiqua with additional materials / [electronic resource] : by Rolf A. Stein ; translated and edited by Arthur P. McKeown. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - xxix, 384 p. - Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 24 1568-6183 ; . - Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 24. .

Translation of articles which originally appeared in French in the journal Bulletin de l'Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient from 1983 to 1992, together with Stein's contributions to the Annuaire de college de France from 1967 to 1970.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-354) and indexes.

Tibetica antiqua I. The two vocabularies of Indo-Tibetan and Sino-Tibetan translations in the Dunhuang manuscripts -- Tibetica antiqua II. The use of metaphors for honorific distinctions in the epoch of the Tibetan kings -- Additional note to Tibetica antiqua I -- Tibetica antiqua III. Apropos of the word Gtsug lag and the indigenous religion -- The dating -- Characteristics of the ancient religion -- The sense of Gtsug and gtsug lag -- Review of the sources -- Appendix. The etymology of gtsug lag -- Recapitulation -- Tibetica antiqua IV. The tradition relative to the debut of Buddhism in Tibet -- The religious kings and the royal laws -- The s�utra fallen from the sky -- Recapitulation -- Tibetica antiqua V. The indigenous religion and the Bon po in Dunhuang manuscripts -- Theories -- The ancient religion -- Bon pos and Bon -- Theories on the antecedents of late Bon -- The Dunhuang manuscripts and the later tradition -- Dunhuang documents -- Bon po in the texts translated from Chinese and bon po communities -- Translations from Chinese -- Bon po communities -- Bon po and gshen, their differences and their functions -- Gshen rab mi bo -- Other people -- Names and their epithets -- Themes -- Funerary ritual -- Divinities -- The word Bon alone -- Linguistic and stylistic traits -- Tibetica antiqua VI. Confucian maxims in two Dunhuang manuscripts -- Annuaire 1967 -- Aspects of the sworn faith in China -- The Bonpo cosmogonies in Tibet and near the Mosso -- Annuaire 1968 -- Daoist texts relative to the transmission of revealed books -- The Bonpo accounts on the beginnings of culture -- Annuaire 1969 -- Bonpo accounts on the first men -- Some aspects of the Daoist parishes -- Annuaire 1970 -- Popular cults in organized Daoism -- Elements constitutive of the Bonpo literature -- Bibliography of Rolf A. Stein.


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Indigenous peoples--Religion.--China--Tibet Autonomous Region
Buddhism--History.--China--Tibet Autonomous Region
Buddhism--History--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--Sources.
Taoism--History.--China--Tibet Autonomous Region
Buddhist literature--History and criticism.--China--Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibetan language--Texts.


Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Civilization.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Civilization--Sources.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Religion.
Dunhuang Caves (China)--Antiquities.


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