Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk ( Universität Hamburg ): Milk of a Lioness in Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Literatures

20 May 2020

May 20 2020 16:00, online via Zoom

In the present lecture an attempt will be made to discuss the metaphor and simile of
the milk of a lioness—that is, not those of a lion or lioness as such—as found mainly,
but not exclusively, in Indian and Tibetan sources. A particular attempt will be made
to be as comprehensive and representative as possible in the case of the occurrences
and employments of this metaphor/simile in Tibetan literature, so as to gain as broad
a picture as possible of the matter from both its diachronic and synchronic
perspectives. Nonetheless, despite efforts to cover as many varieties of Tibetan
literary genres as possible, owing to several factors, no claim of completeness can be
made.

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The lecture is held online via Zoom. For those who whish to participate, please write a short mail to Prof. Dr. Wangchuk: dorji.wangchuk@uni-hamburg.de

Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk (Director)
Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship (KC-TBTS)
Abteilung für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, AAI, Universität Hamburg
Alsterterrasse 1, D-20354 Hamburg