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Dictionary of Tibetan Materia Medica is the first diictionary of its kind. All the entries are arranged in Tibetan alphabetical order which will enablethe readers to find the names of medicinal ingredients easily. In this English version the translator and editor, Dr. Yonten Gyatso, has given Latin names of almost all the medicines. Most of the materials are compliled from Sel gon sel phrem, the most famous text on Tibetan pharmacopoeia, and from Rin chen khruns dpe, one of the oldest and most reliable texts. Therefore, for the non-Tibetan readers this dictionary presents materials from the above texts which are translated for the first time into English. This dictionary, with its many special features, will be of immense use and value for students, research scholars, doctors and pharmacologists of Tibetan medicine, and for ethno-botanists.
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Records publications acquired from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, by the U.S. Library of Congress Offices in New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan.
Accompanying an exhibition of Tibetan Buddhist art from the 5th through the early 20th century, this catalogue shows objects of art from collections and monasteries of central Tibet. It focuses on representations of the most important deities and teachers in paintings and sculpture, but also includes mandalas, ritual objects, and essays on the religious rulers of Tibet as well as Tibetan medicine. The catalogue part of the volume is complemented by 13 essays on various aspects of Tibetan art and religion. All exhibits are lavishly illustrated in color and explained in detail. German text.
Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.