A 15th century Tibetan compendium of knowledge. The Bsad mdzod yid bzhin nor bu
New Delhi: Dr. Mrs. Sharada Rani, 1969. Oblong 4to, pp. 32, [1], plus facsimiles of 529 pages of the original Tibetan manuscript, three facsimiles to a page (i.e. 177 unnumbered pages); preliminaries in English; full green buckram, gilt title on cover and spine; touch of edgewear and bumping, xerox of Tibetan text tipped into free endpaper, owner's signature on free endpaper, text clean and sound, very good. A compendium in the bsad mdzod genre, which were typically compiled for pious laymen, including kings and princes. It is particularly notable for its classifications of the lineages of the world, the geographical structure of the world, the geographical divisions of Tibet, a list of the myriarchies and the classification of the languages of the world, which have been summarized in English in the preface. Sata-Pitaka Series. Indo-Asian literatures, volume 78. Item #72555
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