Travels in the netherworld Buddhist popular narratives of death and the afterlife in Tibet
'Travels in the Netherworld' examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the 'dâelok', ordinary men and women who claim to have died traveled through hell, and then returned from the dead
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008, 2008
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 'Travels in the Netherworld' examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the 'dâelok', ordinary men and women who claim to have died traveled through hell, and then returned from the dead |
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Physical Description: | viii, 199 p. |
ISBN: | 9780199851706 0199851700 |