An Account of Tibet

In Desideri's account we receive the first accurate general description of Tibet: from the eatural world to the sociological and anthropological aspects of the people and a complete exposition of Lamaism.

First published in 1932.
As well as an extensive introduction, this edition contains notes to all four books, a bibliographical index, a general index and an index of Tibetan words. The introduction is particularly valuable in that it sets the importance of Desideri's mission in the general context of the Jesuit Missions to Tibet.
In Desideri's account we receive the first accurate general description of Tibet: from the natural world to the sociological and anthropological aspects of the people and a complete exposition of Lamaism. His is the only complete reconstruction that we possess of the Tibetan religion, founded entirely on canonical texts. And all of this more than a century before Europeans had any knowledge of the Tibetan language.

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Filippo De Filippi

Klappentext

First published in 1932. As well as an extensive introduction, this edition contains notes to all four books, a bibliographical index, a general index and an index of Tibetan words. The introduction is particularly valuable in that it sets the importance of Desideri's mission in the general context of the Jesuit Missions to Tibet. In Desideri's account we receive the first accurate general description of Tibet: from the natural world to the sociological and anthropological aspects of the people and a complete exposition of Lamaism. His is the only complete reconstruction that we possess of the Tibetan religion, founded entirely on canonical texts. And all of this more than a century before Europeans had any knowledge of the Tibetan language.

Inhalt
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DESIDERI, INTRODUCTION. The Jesuit Mission in Tibet, 16251721, PREFACE, HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THIBET, and an Account of the Mission and travels in that Country by Father Ippolito Desideri, of the Society of Jesus, written by Himself; 17121733, FOREWORD, BOOK THE FIRST, BOOK THE SECOND, BOOK THE THIRD, BOOK THE FOURTH, APPENDIXReport on Tibet and its Routes, NOTES TO INTRODUCTION, NOTES TO BOOK THE FIRST, NOTES TO BOOK THE SECOND, NOTES TO BOOK THE THIRD, NOTES TO BOOK THE FOURTH, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, GENERAL INDEX (TIBETAN WORDS EXCEPTED), INDEX OF TIBETAN WORDS