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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Jokhang. London : Edition Hansjorg Mayer : In association with the Tibet Charitable Trust ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Thames & Hudson, 2010 (OCoLC)744572900 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gyurme Dorje.; Tibet Charitable Trust (Great Britain); et al |
| ISBN: | 9785000976920 5000976924 9780500976920 0500976929 |
| OCLC Number: | 457168245 |
| Notes: | "Part 1 presents Zhakabpa's detailed inventory to the great temple; Part 2 compiles historical sources illustrating its importance in Tibetan life; Part 3 draws upon early historical material to highlight the temple's geomantic origins, the inauguration of the Great Prayer Festival and the early wall painings in the Jokhang; Part 4 explores the temple's intricate Indo-Nepalese architecture; Part 5 illustrates 108 bronze images from the Jokhang repository"--Dust jacket. |
| Description: | 288 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans (some col.) ; 31 cm. |
| Contents: | Personal reminiscences of the Great Temple : an interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Zhakabpa's inventory to the Great Temple of Lhasa / Gyurme Dorje -- Jowo Śākyamuni / Tashi Tsering -- From Rasa to Lhasa / Heather Stoddard -- The Lhasa Jokhang : an Indian Vihāra in Tibet -- 108 bronzes from the Jokhang repository. |
| Responsibility: | Gyurme Dorje ... [et al.]. |
Abstract:
Lying at the centre of an ancient network of Buddhist temples in the Great Temple of Lhasa, the Johkang Temple is the pulsating heart of spiritual and economic life in Tibet. This title presents Zhakabpa's Inventory to the Great Temple, and compiles historical sources illustrating its importance in Tibetan life.
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