The Resource The yogin & the madman : reading the biographical corpus of Tibet's great saint Milarepa, Andrew Quintman
The yogin & the madman : reading the biographical corpus of Tibet's great saint Milarepa, Andrew Quintman
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- Summary
- Tibetan biographers began writing Jetsun Milarepa's (1052--1135) life story shortly after his death, initiating a literary tradition that turned the poet and saint into a model of virtuosic Buddhist practice throughout the Himalayan world. Andrew Quintman traces this history and its innovations in narrative and aesthetic representation across four centuries, culminating in a detailed analysis of the genre's most famous example, composed in 1488 by Tsangnyön Heruka, or the "Madman of Western Tibet." Quintman imagines these works as a kind of physical body supplanting the yogin's corporeal rel
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Earliest sources: a biographical birth; 2. Proto-lives: formations of a skeletal biography; 3. Biographical compendia: lives made flesh; 4. A new standard: Tsangyon Heruka's life and songs of Milarepa; 5. The Yogin and the Madman: a life brought to life; 6. Conclusions; Epilogue: Mila comes alive!; List of abbreviations; Appendix 1: The life of Jetsun Mila by Gampopa; Appendix 2: text colophons, English translations, and Tibetan transcriptions
- Appendix 3: Text outlines and concordances; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9780231535533
- Label
- The yogin & the madman : reading the biographical corpus of Tibet's great saint Milarepa
- Title
- The yogin & the madman
- Title remainder
- reading the biographical corpus of Tibet's great saint Milarepa
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Quintman
- Title variation
- Yogin and the madman
- Subject
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- China -- Tibet Region
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Lamas -- Tibet Region -- Biography | History and criticism
- Mi-la-ras-pa, 1040-1123
- Mi-la-ras-pa, 1040-1123
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | Tibetan
- RELIGION -- Comparative Religion
- Religion
- Religion in Africa
- Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology
- Biography as a literary form
- Biography as a literary form
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Tibetan biographers began writing Jetsun Milarepa's (1052--1135) life story shortly after his death, initiating a literary tradition that turned the poet and saint into a model of virtuosic Buddhist practice throughout the Himalayan world. Andrew Quintman traces this history and its innovations in narrative and aesthetic representation across four centuries, culminating in a detailed analysis of the genre's most famous example, composed in 1488 by Tsangnyön Heruka, or the "Madman of Western Tibet." Quintman imagines these works as a kind of physical body supplanting the yogin's corporeal rel
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- Quintman, Andrew
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- South Asia Across the Disciplines
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mi-la-ras-pa
- Mi-la-ras-pa
- Lamas
- Biography as a literary form
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- Biography as a literary form
- China
- Religion in Africa
- Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology
- Religion
- Label
- The yogin & the madman : reading the biographical corpus of Tibet's great saint Milarepa, Andrew Quintman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- txt
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- Contents
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- Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Earliest sources: a biographical birth; 2. Proto-lives: formations of a skeletal biography; 3. Biographical compendia: lives made flesh; 4. A new standard: Tsangyon Heruka's life and songs of Milarepa; 5. The Yogin and the Madman: a life brought to life; 6. Conclusions; Epilogue: Mila comes alive!; List of abbreviations; Appendix 1: The life of Jetsun Mila by Gampopa; Appendix 2: text colophons, English translations, and Tibetan transcriptions
- Appendix 3: Text outlines and concordances; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- ocn864358172
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231535533
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.7312/quin16414
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt4chfd9
- 1a722a9f-7e1f-486f-ab06-16c32dfeaaa4
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- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)864358172
- Label
- The yogin & the madman : reading the biographical corpus of Tibet's great saint Milarepa, Andrew Quintman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Earliest sources: a biographical birth; 2. Proto-lives: formations of a skeletal biography; 3. Biographical compendia: lives made flesh; 4. A new standard: Tsangyon Heruka's life and songs of Milarepa; 5. The Yogin and the Madman: a life brought to life; 6. Conclusions; Epilogue: Mila comes alive!; List of abbreviations; Appendix 1: The life of Jetsun Mila by Gampopa; Appendix 2: text colophons, English translations, and Tibetan transcriptions
- Appendix 3: Text outlines and concordances; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- ocn864358172
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231535533
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.7312/quin16414
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt4chfd9
- 1a722a9f-7e1f-486f-ab06-16c32dfeaaa4
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)864358172
Subject
- China -- Tibet Region
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Lamas -- Tibet Region -- Biography | History and criticism
- Mi-la-ras-pa, 1040-1123
- Mi-la-ras-pa, 1040-1123
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | Tibetan
- RELIGION -- Comparative Religion
- Religion
- Religion in Africa
- Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology
- Biography as a literary form
- Biography as a literary form
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