When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty : : The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet / / Hildegard Diemberger.

In the fifteenth century, the princess Chokyi Dronma was told by the leading spiritual masters of her time that she was the embodiment of the ancient Indian tantric deity Vajravarahi, known in Tibetan as Dorje Phagmo, the Thunderbolt Female Pig. After suffering a great personal tragedy, Chokyi Dronm...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2007]
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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 64 illus.
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