TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alexander, Andre
AU  - Akaster, Matthew
TI  - Temples of Lhasa : Tibetan Buddhist architecture from the 7th to the 21st centuries. Ed. by Patrick Booz
SN  - 9812611908
U1  - 726.7843 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - Times Editions - Marshall Canvendish
N1  - CONTENTS Foreword Preface The Tibet Heritage Fund Project Introduction Purpose and Scope of the Present Study  15 Setting  19 Notes on the Fabric of Central Tibetan Monastic Architecture 23 1 Lhasa Tsukla-khang An Indian Vihara in Tibet 27 2 Ramoche The 'Chinese Tiger'  75 3 The Rigsum Gonpo Shrines of the Eight Directions An Ancient Geomantic Scheme  91 4 Meru Nyingpa Imperial-period Chapel and Lhasa Seat of the State Oracle 103 5 Meru Dra-tsang Traces of an Early Monastery  125 6 Tsepak Lha-khang 143 7 Ani Tsamkhung Lhasa's Principal Nunnery 151 8  Gyume Dra-tsang Tantric College of the Gelukpa Schoo  157 9 Barker Jampa Lha-khang and the two Barkor Mani Lha-khang-s The Maitreya Watching the Market 165 a  Barkor Mani Lha-khang 168 b Barkor Mani Lha-khang Shar 170 10 Tsen-khang-s of Lhasa Institutionalized and Private Oracle Chapels 173 a  Darpo-ling Tsen-khang  175 b  Karma-sha Tsen-khang  183 c Rabsel Tsen-khang  191 d Trade Khang-sar  195 e Banak Shol Gyel-khang  201 11  The Regency Seats  207 a Tengye-ling  209 b Shide Dra-tsang 223 c  Tsemon-ling 241 12 Jebum-gang Lha-khang Perfect Mandala in Imperfect Condition  259 13 Shitro Lha-khang Private Nyingma-pa Temple Turned Noodle Shop . 271 Conclusion  277 Building Typology 284 Appendix translations of Tibetan source texts by Matthew Akester  286 The 'Crystal Mirror' inventory of the Miraculous Temple at Lhasa by the Fifth Dalai Lama An inventory of the restoration of the Great Temple at Lhasa by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama An inventory of the restoration of Ramoche by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama The foundation of thejebum Lha-khang by Purbu-chok Rinpoche The desecration of Lhasa by Rimbur Rinpoche The 1979 restoration of thejokhangjowo statue by Rimbur Rinpoche The 1983 recovery of the upper half of the Ramoche Jowo by Rimbur Rinpoche The 1985 restoration of Jowo Mikyo Dorje by Khamtrul Sonam Dondrup Glossary  319 Bibliography 321 Index  325
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