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Tibetan Poetry on Wutai Shan

Tibetan Poetry on Wutai Shan
Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2011-01
Publisher: Tibetan and Himalayan Library
Sources ID: 128194
Visibility: Public (group default)
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Creator's Description: Throughout the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries authors from the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism composed numerous poems on Five-Peaked Mountain (Wutai shan). It is likely that little of the imagery, myth, and narrative elements employed in this poetry will be new to those familiar with the rich lore of Five-Peaked Mountain currently extant in several languages. Nevertheless, poetry is the preeminent form of Tibetan literary expression regarding Five-Peaked Mountain. This article surveys this literature, both as a contribution to our increasingly vivid picture of Tibetan Buddhist activity around the site, as well as toward an eventual comparative literary history of Five-Peaked Mountain. (2011-12-31)