Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Les imprimeries tibetaines de Drepung, Derge et Pepung
This chapter describes Les imprimeries tibetaines de Drepung, Derge et Pepung located on page 361 of volume Volume 3 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 3 begins with a new perspective on the evolution of tantras, based on Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Indonesian, and Simhalese sources. It further shows that the deification of kings and colossi of the Avatamsaka in Afghanistan, China and Japan are a crucial stage in tantra development.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Les imprimeries tibetaines de Drepung. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Stupas in Orissa (Study) [by Meenakshi Chauley]
The following account is mentioned in the seventh stanza of the sutra (Dorjee 1996:4);(also see Kagyur, Vinaya, Derge, Vol. PA, (Toh. 7) fol. 264b6). With Buddha s permission Anathapindaka white washes the Stupa build over the hair and nails of Lord Buddha to make it look attractive. Later he realised that the Stupa did not look nice in the evening due to lack of illumination....
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Tibet (Myth, Religion and History) [by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya]
His disciples, Jamyang Choje and Jamchen Choje, built Drepung and Sera monasteries in 1416 CE and 1419 CE respectively. These three monasteries later referred to as gDan sa chen po sum, the three great seats of learning‘, housing more than ten thousand monks, became the symbol of Geluk domination in Tibet. Gedhun Drupa, the first Dalai Lama, was the principal disciple of Tsongkhapa. Gedhun Drupa built Tashi Lhunpo monastery at Shigatse in 1447 CE....
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