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Religions, 2020 This essay will explore the challenges presented by transgressive rituals, particularly the secret and wisdom-consort consecrations found in the Mahāyoga and Yoginī tantras.
David B. Gray
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Гуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021 The relevance of the topic lies in the strategic significance of Tibet both in the first half of the twentieth century and now. Historical analysis of international competition on the issue of the status of Tibet allows us to draw important theoretical ...
A. Klinov
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, 2023 This chapter considers the long shadow of failure on the 1716–1721 mission to Tibet by Italian Jesuit Ippolito Desideri (1684–1733). Analysing Desideri’s letters, his missionary manual, and his Notizie historiche del Thibet, it focuses on the historical ...
Zampol D'Ortia, Linda
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China, Tibet and the Politics of Time.
, 2021 The politics of time are an important dimension of Chinese state discourse about Tibet, yet one that has received relatively little attention to date.
Kehoe, S.
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TIBETAN RELATIONSHIP “CHO-YON” IN QIN SOURCES MID. XVII - END XVIII CENTURIES
RUDN Journal of World History, 2018 In the relations between Tibet and the Qing Empire an important place belongs to the traditional spiritual-patronal principle of Choi-yon, according to which the supreme lama of Tibet was considered as the religious counselor and mentor of the Emperor ...
B U Kitinov, A G Lyulina
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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
Transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, 2023 We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, the debut novel of Tsering Yangzom Lama, is a gripping tale of deprivation, displacement and distorted representation that grapples with raw emotions and harsh realities.
Paddaja Roy
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Estimating reference crop evapotranspiration with elevation based on an improved HS model
Hydrology Research, 2019 Estimation of ET0 in high-elevation (above sea level, ASL) areas of Tibet presents unique challenges: scarcity of monitoring stations, short-time coverage of meteorological data, low-oxygen and low-pressure environment, and strong solar radiation.
Pengcheng Tang +5 more
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“Do Not Even Think about Giving Me Less Chang”
HIMALAYAIn the Himalayas every household has a still. Fermented and distilled beverages are integral to community rituals and gatherings, and play a central role in economies of labor exchange and systems of local taxation that go back centuries.
Mason Brown +2 more
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The revival of Himalayan papermaking: historical, social-cultural and economic aspects
Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi, 2020 We normally hardly notice the mass-produced paper products that pass through our hands on a daily basis, which we then recycle. In fact it has recently been predicted that books printed on paper will be replaced by digital formats. However, paper endures
Bruce Huett
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HIMALAYATibetan pastoralists often say that many know how to graze animals (ཟོག་ལུག་འཚོ་བ), but few know how to nurture them (ཟོག་ལུག་སྐྱོང་བ). Skyong (སྐྱོང) means nurturing or attending to something or someone with tenderness.
Huatse Gyal
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