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| On “Personal Protective Deities” (’go ba'i lha) and the Old Tibetan verb ’go | ||
| 作者 | Dotson, Brandon (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies=倫敦大學亞非研究學報 |
| 卷期 | v.80 n.3 |
| 出版日期 | 2017.10 |
| 頁次 | 525 - 545 |
| 出版者 | Cambridge University Press |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.cambridge.org/ |
| 出版地 | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Tibetan popular religion; Divination; Lexicography; Verb morphology; Tibetan Buddhism |
| 摘要 | The ’go ba'i lha – usually translated with “personal protective deities” – are often approached as an integral part of Tibetan popular or folk religion. Typically five in number, these gods are said to be born with an individual, to reside in his or her body, and to protect various facets of his or her existence. As for the etymology of ’go ba'i lha, while “protective deities” is the dominant translation, it remains a highly communicative and contextual gloss of ’go, whose attested meanings do not include “to protect”. The present contribution offers a new analysis of the verb ’go based on attestations in Old Tibetan texts from Dunhuang from the ninth and tenth centuries. In doing so, the article not only proposes a new etymology of ’go ba'i lha, but also touches on the changing relationship between Tibetans and their gods over time. |
| 目次 | Abstract 525 A note on the ’go ba'i lha lnga 526 Previous translations of ’go ba'i lha 526 The verb ’go 528 The verb ’go in Old Tibetan 529 Conclusion 540 References 542 |
| ISSN | 0041977X (P); 14740699 (E) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X1700088X |
| 點閱次數 | 207 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.05.31 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.05.31 |
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