Life of the Madman of U

Informationen zum Autor David M. DiValerio is Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He completed his PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, and has conducted research in India, Nepal, and Tibet. Klappentext The Life of the Madman of Ü is a complete English translation of the biography of the Tibetan Buddhist ascetic Künga Zangpo (1458-1532), who was renowned for adopting an extreme and unique form of tantric asceticism. Zusammenfassung The Life of the Madman of Ü is a complete English translation of the biography of the Tibetan Buddhist ascetic Künga Zangpo (1458-1532), who was renowned for adopting an extreme and unique form of tantric asceticism.

Product details

• Authors: David DiValerio, David M. Divalerio
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2016
• EAN: 9780190244026
• ISBN: 978-0-19-024402-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Asia / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military, Tibetan Buddhism