Kailas histories : : renunciate traditions and the construction of Himalayan sacred geography / / by Alex McKay.
Tibet’s Mount Kailas is one of the world’s great pilgrimage centres, renowned as an ancient sacred site that embodies a universal sacrality. But Kailas Histories: Renunciate Traditions and the Construction of Himalayan Sacred Geography demonstrates that this understanding is a recent construction by...
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Superior document: | Brill's Tibetan studies library, volume 38 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Brill's Tibetan studies library ;
volume 38. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (550 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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