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Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings: Illuminated Manuscript from the White Beryl of Sangs-rgyas rGya-mtsho with the Moonbeams treatise of Lo-chen Dharmasri | 
 enlarge | Creator: Gyurme Dorje
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Category: Book
List Price: $400.00
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Sales Rank: 1979383
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 19.4
Dimensions (in): 21.2 x 18.5 x 3.4
ISBN: 0953994104
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780953994106
ASIN: 0953994104
Publication Date: August 30, 2008
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Product Description
This extraordinary publication represents a landmark in both Tibetan studies and the art of bookmaking. It presents for the first time two magnificent eighteenth-century manuscripts illuminating in exquisite detail the essential but little-known practices of elemental divination as described in The White Beryl - an important seventeenth-century treatise written by the regent to the Fith Dalai Lama. The manuscripts depict the zodiac of Indian astrology, the cakra diagrams of martial conquest, and the elaborate charts of Chinese elemental divination. Accompanying the images is a detailed summary of the White Beryl text, an extensive commentary, and the first English translation of a related text known as Moonbeams. Meticulously researched and produced to the highest standard, this book will be of immense interest not only to Tibetan scholars but to all those fascinated by Oriental art, religions and astrology. This monumental book comes beautifully bound in a large box case. It will provide a magnificent addition to any collector's library.
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