Deities of Tibetan Buddhism: The Zurich Paintings of the Icons Worthwhile to See
Willson, Martin & et. al. (Eds.)
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Book ID : 18105
Place
of Publication :
Somerville
Year
of Publication :
2003
Edition :
Language : English
Translated by Martin Willson intriduced by Marlin Brauen and Drawings by Robert Beer and Photos by Peter Nebel; 624p., 87 Col. Plts., 29 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Deities of Tibetan Buddhism is an encyclopaedia of Buddhist icons based on Rinjung Gyatso, the Narthang Gyatsa and the Vajravali, full color illustrations of over five hundred Tibetan Deities one reproduced here from a set of handpainted woodblock prints created in the early 19th century, Housed in the ethnographic museums of the university of Zurich, this rare collection is presented along with an extensive explanation of the meditative visualisations, mantras and symsolism around each figure. Deities of Tibetan Buddhism is an indispensable refrence and identification aid for art historians, curators scholars and serious students of Tibetan buddhism around the world.
