Derived from Indian Sources, translated from the Tibetan of the Kah-Gyur by F.A. von Schiefer. Done into English with an introduction by W.R.S. Ralston.
[Kangyur] Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources, translated from the Tibetan of the Kah-Gyur by F.A. von Schiefer. Done into English with an introduction by W.R.S. Ralston.
Trubner, 1882.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth with gilt titles and vignette. A very good copy indeed.
A collection of Buddhist tales of the Kangyur or "Translated Words" of the Buddha himself, originally written in Sanskrit. "Prof. Anton Schiefner was a distinguished scholar of most various attainments. His speciality, however, was Tibetan, and more particularly of the investigation of Buddhist legends of India and Occidental original." (Introduction)
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