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This book, first published in 1939, gives a descriptive outline of the principal gods in the Tibetan pantheon, tracing the main features and symbols that are used to denote each one. A comprehensive illustrated list of the various ritual objects, talismans, symbols, mudras, and asanas and vahanas that are used in the images of gods is accompanied with a word list of the Sanskrit terms most commonly encountered in a study of Lamaism. A set of 31 thangkas from the famous collection of Baron A. von Stael-Holstein has been included in this new and revised edition.
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Antoinette K. Gordon was the research associate in anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History. She made the study of Tibetan art and religion her life-work.
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- PublisherHacker Art Books
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0878173129
- ISBN 13 9780878173129
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages131
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine (-). Revised edition, reprinted from the 1939 second edition of Charles E. Tutle Company. The study of Lamaism and its iconography is both fascinating and baffling. The number of gods in the Tibetan pantheon seems to be limited only by the bounds of human imagination, which, indeed, is here lavishly displayed. Every image is symbolic of something, and every part of an image has a meaning, which doubtless cannot fully be known even to those deeply initiated into the mysteries of Lamaism. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [xxxi], 131 numbered pp; HB no DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red eps, b/w frontis; no defects. Cover: white cloth, red/gilt artwork front, gilt titles to black spine block; minimal shelfwear, small light stains to a small area of the front, shallow crease to front corner. Still, a very nice copy. Seller Inventory # 039330
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. 131+ pages, Folio. No DJ. Out of Print. Reprinted from the second edition (revised and enlarged) of 1959 published by Charles E. Tuttle Co. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, previous owner's bookstamp on inside front cover. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition. Seller Inventory # 51730
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. English text.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket); 24 x 31.5 cm; 1.7 Kg; 31 pages with foreword, contents and introduction plus 131 pages with black and white illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the hardcover cloth. Interior in very good condition except for a previous owner stamp on front free endpaper and a previous bookseller sticker on the rear of the back cover.; Reprinted from the second edition (revised and enlarged) Charles E. Tutle Co., Rutland, Vermont 1959.; "The first part of the book deals with 'Ritual Objects', 'Talismans", "Symbols", Mudras (symbolic hand poses), Asanas and Vahanas (position of lower limbs), and various kinds of paintings such as Thang-ka (paintings of divinities), Mandala (ritual diagrams), Tshong-shing (assemblage of divinities), and Bhavacakramudra (commonly known as 'Wheel of Life'. The major portion of the book is devoted to the classification, and interpretation of numerous Buddhist divinities, gods on non-Buddhist Tibetan origin, and historical persons who became deified. The most important addition to the present revised edition is the inclusion of the Narthang Series of 31 Thang-kas, which represent incidents in the former lives of Gautama before he attained enlightenment. These 31 Thang-kas constitute the first group of the collection of the late Baron von Stael-Holstein of Peking, which was later added to the Tibetan Collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York." excerpt from the critical review by Joseph M. Kitagawa, The Journal of Religion 41, no. 2 (Apr., 1961): 144-145. Seller Inventory # 518B
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Book Description Hardcover. folio. pp. xxxi, 131. profusely illus. biblio. index. cloth. Revised Edition. Seller Inventory # ORDeGORD56
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