| Essays on the Languages, Literature, and Religion of Nepal and Tibet: Together with Further Papers on the Geography, Ethnology, and Commerce of Those Contributor(s): Hodgson, Brian Houghton (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108056083 ISBN-13: 9781108056083 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - History - Foreign Language Study | African Languages (see Also Swahili) |
| Dewey: 493.1 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An English civil servant who worked in British India and Nepal, Brian Houghton Hodgson (c.1801-94) was also a specialist in Tibetan Buddhism. First published in 1874, this is a collection of his essays on nineteenth-century Nepal and Tibet, earlier versions of which had appeared in the Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society and two books of Hodgson's own, later updated for the Phoenix, a monthly magazine for China, Japan and eastern Asia. Diverse in coverage, the essays represent over thirty years' research. Those in Part 1 focus on Buddhism, covering religious practices, writing, literature, attitudes to Buddhism and the differences between Buddhism and Shaivism. The pieces in Part 2 explore other aspects of Nepal and the Himalayas, such as tribal culture, colonisation and commerce. Discussing a range of linguistic, cultural, sociological and economic topics, this collection remains relevant to scholars working in these fields. |
