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The Legend of the great stupa of Boudhanath
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- Creator
- translated from the Tibetan terma of sNgags-'chang Sakya-bzang-po by Keith Dowman ; illustrated by Glen Eddy
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Second edition
- Kathmandu [Nepal] : Diamond Sow Publication, 1978
- Varanasi, India : Printed at Bhargava Offsets
- Physical Details
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- v,52 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- OCLC
- ocm39895195
- "In the Tibetan language the Legend ... called the mchod.rten.chhen.po.bya.rung.kha.sor.gyi.lo.rgyus.thos.pas.grol.ba.bshugs.so". Cf. p.45.
- "The 'legend' belongs to ... the Red Hat sect (Nyingmapas) called 'terma' ... composed by ... Padasambhava in the 8th century ... according to its colophon, this text was discovered in Tibet ... by the terton Lha-btsun-sngon-mo (circa 13th century), who decyphered it ... The terton sNgags-'chnag Sakya-bzang-po (circa 15th century) rediscovered it ... presumably, had it printed in the traditional manner." Cf.p.ivv̲.