THE BUDDHISM OF TIBET OR LAMAISM - WADDELL - 1971, MYSTIC CULTS SORCERY LEGENDS
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The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism — With Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology and Its Relation
to Indian Buddhism — By L. Austine Waddell — 2nd Edition, New Impression 1971, HC/DJ — Notes on Pronunciation; List of Abbreviation;
Introduction; Historical; Doctrinal; Monastic Buildings; Mythology and Gods;
Ritual and Sorcery; Festivals and Plays; Popular Lamaism; Appendices
Publisher: W. Heffer and Sons, Cambridge (1971)
"The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism," by L.A. Waddell, in well preserved condition. The boards and binding are solid and tight with minimal wear. The pages are crisp and clean. Small Helios book service label (England) on bottom of first blank page. Dust jacket in very well preserved condition with minor shelfwear; it remains uncut, with the original price still showing. Lt. Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell (1854–1938)
was a British explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology,
Indian Army surgeon, collector in Tibet, and archaeologist. Waddell also
studied Sumerian and Sanskrit; he made various translations of seals and other
inscriptions. His reputation as a Assyriologist gained little to no academic
recognition and his books on the history of civilization have caused
controversy. Some of his book publications however were popular with the
public, and he is regarded by some today to have been a real-life precursor of
the fictitious character Indiana Jones.