Genesis and Transformations of the Biographical Corpus of Taktsang Repa (1574-1651) - Tibetan Hero and “Pope of Ladakh” - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2024

Genesis and Transformations of the Biographical Corpus of Taktsang Repa (1574-1651) - Tibetan Hero and “Pope of Ladakh”

Résumé

The main source for my research on the founding of Hemis Monastery and the religious and political history of the kingdom of Ladakh in the 17th century is a well-known corpus, consisting of a collection of three texts of a biographical nature which relate the life and outstanding achievements of Taktsang Repa (stag tshang ras pa, 1574-1651). He was a Tibetan hermit, a great Buddhist master, and an extraordinary pilgrim who travelled to China, India and Oddiyana in Pakistan, eventually becoming the “Pope of Ladakh” on the western border of the Buddhist world. His life story and that of his journey to Pakistan have been tapped into as historical sources by eminent 20th-century scholars and orientalists such as Giuseppe Tucci (1940) and Luciano Petech (1977), but no one seems to have yet looked at the genesis, transformations and production process of this corpus. I will discuss the complexity of this creation and the metamorphosis of these texts, which span several generations, and which I discovered when naively writing a brief presentation of their expected authors. Major literary sources for local culture and for the study of the religious and political history of Ladakh and the Himalayas, these texts themselves appear to have a rich history, certainly linked to that of the successive kings who commissioned and published them in the particularly eventful 17th century, critical for the future of the kingdom of Ladakh and the dynasty in place and more broadly for the transformation of the Tibetan world.

Domaines

Histoire
Fichier non déposé

Dates et versions

hal-04571417 , version 1 (07-05-2024)

Identifiants

  • HAL Id : hal-04571417 , version 1

Citer

Estelle Atlan. Genesis and Transformations of the Biographical Corpus of Taktsang Repa (1574-1651) - Tibetan Hero and “Pope of Ladakh”. Journée des Doctorants du CRCAO, East Asian Civilizations Research Centre (CRCAO), Apr 2024, Paris, France. ⟨hal-04571417⟩
12 Consultations
0 Téléchargements

Partager

Gmail Mastodon Facebook X LinkedIn More