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Tibetan Manuscripts and Rituals of the Royal Bön Priests of Mustang, Nepal: A Codicological and Historical Study

Tibetan Manuscripts and Rituals of the Royal Bön Priests of Mustang, Nepal: A Codicological and Historical Study

Hardcover

Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, Book 57

General Asian HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern History

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 15, 2026

ISBN10: 9004694552
ISBN13: 9789004694552
Publisher: Brill
Published: Oct 15 2026
Language: English
The book explores a unique collection of manuscripts of the Tibetan Bon religion. The loose-leaf and sewn books, cards and individual sheets of paper belong to the Drangsong family, the chaplains of the royal house of Mustang, once an autonomous Tibetan kingdom and now a district of Nepal. Most are ritual texts for propitiating war gods, acquiring prosperity, exorcising demons, and various kinds of destructive and preventative magic. Many of the texts are rare and some altogether unknown. Besides the textual content and social history, the book deals with the material sphere in which these manuscripts were produced, used and preserved.

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