What is a mountain? : an ethnohistory of representation and ritual at Pure Crystal Mountain in Tibet.
This dissertation records and analyses the Tibetan cultural discourses and social practices relating to the Himalayan peak called Dag-pa Shel-ri, or 'Pure Crystal Mountain'. The mountain and its environs constitute the borderland district of Tsa-ri in South-eastern Tibet. The area has long...
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University of Canterbury. Religious Studies
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5871 |