A study of the Buddhist saint in relation to the biographical tradition of Milarepa
By: Francis V. Tiso
Contributors: Gtsang-smyon He-ru-ka, 1452-1507
Published: 1989
Language: eng
Number of pages: 610
Subjects: Buddhist saints; Buddhist hagiography; Lamas; Biography; History and criticism; Spiritual life; Buddhism; Tibetan language; Texts; Bkaʼ-brgyud-pa (Sect)
Notes: Contains texts in Tibetan.

Thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 1989.

Typescript.

Includes abstract.

Bibliography: ¡. 520-545.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 8. A translation of the biography of Vajradhara by rGyal Thang pa; title: Ch. 9. Transliteration of the Tibetan text of the Vajradhara rnam thar; title: Ch. 10. A translation of the biography of Milarepa by rGyal Thang pa; title: Ch. 11. Transliteration of the Tibetan text of the Milarepa rnam thar; title: App. 1. Tables of parallel texts from the works of rGyal Thang pa and gTsang smyon; title: App. 3. rGyal Thang pa's texts in dbu-med script.