When a woman becomes a religious dynasty
Subtitle: the Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet
By: Hildegard Diemberger.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231143202
Subjects: Chos-kyi-sgron-ma, -- 1422-1455; Bsam-lding-dgon-pa (Tibet, China) -- History; Dorje Phagmos (Vajravārāhi incarnations) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The world of Chokyi Dronma; title: The life of Chokyi Dronma; title: The manuscript and its enigmas; title: Princess, nun, yogini; title: Translation of the biography of Chokyi Dronma; title: Succession and spiritual lineages: meaning and mysteries; title: Of Chokyi Dronma's reincarnation; title: "Lady of the lake", the Dorje Phagmo at Samding; title: Dorje Phagmo in the twentieth century: embodied divinity; title: And government cadre; title: The living tradition and the legacy of the princess; title: Twin reincarnation line and tentative chronology; title: The families of Choki Dronma.