04261nam a2200517 a 4500 ebr10419779 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100107s2010 ne sb 001 0 eng 2009053997 GBB034394 bnb 015500669 Uk 9789004183384 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9004183388 (hbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)667274305 eng fre a-cc-ti DS786 .S765 2010eb 294.30951/3 22 Stein, R. A. (Rolf Alfred), 1911-1999. Rolf Stein's Tibetica antiqua [electronic resource] : with additional materials / by Rolf A. Stein ; translated and edited by Arthur P. McKeown. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. xxix, 384 p. Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Indigenous peoples China Tibet Autonomous Region Religion. Buddhism China Tibet Autonomous Region History. Buddhism China Tibet Autonomous Region History Sources. Taoism China Tibet Autonomous Region History. Buddhist literature China Tibet Autonomous Region History and criticism. Tibetan language Texts. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Civilization. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Civilization Sources. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Religion. Dunhuang Caves (China) Antiquities. Electronic books. local McKeown, Arthur P. ebrary, Inc. Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 24. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10419779 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 83147 83147