Tsangnyön Herukas sånger : En studie och översättning av en tibetansk buddhistisk yogis religiösa poesi

"The core of the book is a complete annotated translation of the collected 'religious poetry' (Tibetan: mgur) of the Tibetan yogin Tsangnyön Heruka (gTsang smyon Heruka, 1452-1507). The book also contains a translation of a short 'catalogue' (dkar chag) of Tsangnyön's...

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Main Author: Larsson, Stefan (auth)
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Published: Gothenburg Kriterium 2018
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