LEADER 02870oam 2200649I 450 001 9910464405603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-85467-3 010 $a1-136-85474-6 010 $a1-315-02888-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315028880 035 $a(CKB)3710000000056217 035 $a(EBL)1542846 035 $a(OCoLC)863823594 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001173966 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11667640 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001173966 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11105757 035 $a(PQKB)10318946 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1542846 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1542846 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10799173 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL761564 035 $a(OCoLC)958107467 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000056217 100 $a20180706d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIdentity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism $ethe foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism /$fMartin A. Mills 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (435 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions 225 0$aRoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditions 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-59138-4 311 $a0-7007-1470-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apart one. The face of monasticism -- part two. Truth and hierarchy in tantric ritual -- part three. Local rites -- part four. Authority and the person in Gelukpa monasticism -- part five. Ideology, ritual and state. 330 $aThis is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet.
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