Dissertations / Theses: 'Medicine, china, tibet autonomous region'

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Oliphant, Charles Jamyang. "Extracting the essence : 'bcud len' in the Tibetan literary tradition." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:72121806-b3f5-4e87-8a9a-02b8b24ad12d.

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The Tibetan practice of bcud len, or 'extracting the essence', has been for long a neglected aspect of Tibetan medical and spiritual knowledge with scattered evidence and little certainty regarding its origins or the extent of its effective presence, either in the past or at currently. In this study, seventy-three texts have been identified and tabulated. Of these, sixty-seven have been summarised and commented on, and five of these, each representative of one type of the practice, have been translated in full. All but a handful of these texts have not been translated previously. The research findings suggest that, whatever its influences from Indian, Chinese or other medical cultures, bcud len soon evolved into a distinctively Tibetan method of life enhancement, with teachings that emphasise both spiritual and medical aims and the use of indigenous Tibetan remedies, accompanied in some cases by particular rituals. The content of the texts indicates that the term bcud len can be applied legitimately to practices involving ritually empowered pills and elixirs which are ingested, respiratory and yogic exercises, dietary restrictions and rituals involving mantra recitation, visualisation and yab yum union with a consort, in that all these are considered to be means of obtaining 'the essence'. The teachings offer extensive material for those interested in the evolution and contemporary practice of Tibetan medicine, especially its botanical aspects, and for historians of ritual. In particular, the texts provide ample evidence of the lineage tradition in Tibetan religious culture, citing examples of transmissions through gter ma, whereby teachings are preserved in secret to be recovered at a future date by a gter ton or treasure revealer. The final section contains conversations with Tibetan doctors, lamas and contemporary practitioners of bcud len in Asia and the West that complement recent ethnographic studies in the field testifying to the continuing vitality of the tradition.

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McDermid, Isabella Rose Cross. "Zedong Terrane, South Tibet." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31244610.

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Wang, Weiliang, and 王維亮. "Amphibolites of the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, Tibet." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41897237.

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Ho, Hoi-to Lucas, and 何海濤. "The Nielaxiongbo metamorphic core complex and its associated granites,in Southern Tibet." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30252052.

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劉建兵 and Jianbing Liu. "Yamdrok melange, Gyantze district, Xizang (Tibet), China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31224830.

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Lau, Chui-yim. "Ecology of natural thermophilic communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region (China)." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38857789.

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Lau, Chui-yim, and 劉翠艷. "Ecology of natural thermophilic communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region (China)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38857789.

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Chan, On-kee Angel, and 陳安琪. "Miocene collision related conglomerates, south Tibet." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30736870.

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Chiu, Hon-chim, and 招侃潛. "Sedimentology and geomorphology of modern and relict lake systems in Tibet." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46478243.

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Dotson, Brandon. "Administration and law in the Tibetan Empire : the Section on Law and State and its Old Tibetan antecedents." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7b9a8728-595f-43f7-af32-dd41a8541a1a.

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The present study consists of a full translation and analysis of the three main versions of the Section on Law and State, a chapter on Tibetan imperial law and administration found in the mid-16th century Mkhas pa'i dga' ston by Dpa'-bo Gtsuglag Phreng-ba, and in the Rgya bod kyi chos 'byung rgyas pa of Mkhas-pa Lde'u and the Chos 'byung chen po bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan of Lde'u Jo-sras, which both date to the mid to late-13th century. While the post-dynastic Tibetan historical tradition attributes this entire body of legal and administrative reforms to Emperor Srong-btsan Sgam-po (c.605-649), the individual legal and administrative catalogues contained in the Section on Law and State, when subjected to close analysis, can be dated to several different periods. The principal aim of this analysis is to underline the early Tibetan antecedents for the catalogues contained in the Section on Law and State. By relating the catalogues of the Section on Law and State to Old Tibetan sources, this analysis describes in detail the legal and administrative practices of the Tibetan Empire (c.600-c.850). Among the topics covered by this analysis are historical geography and the 'nationalisation' of clan territory, social stratification, technological innovation and legal culture. The Section on Law and State is not limited solely to law and administration, however, and also offers insights regarding cultural institutions such as religious practices and Tibetan funerary culture. Taken together, the scattered and fragmentary catalogues that make up the Section on Law and State, many of which ultimately derive from manuals and official records from the imperial period, constitute a rare juridical corpus of the Tibetan Empire. As such, it furnishes important and detailed information about the legal and administrative culture of the Tibetan Empire, and constitutes a fundamental source for Tibetan social history. The preservation of such documents within Tibet's postdynastic religious histories underlines the persistence of Tibetan political theory, according to which divine rulers, Buddhist or otherwise, must govern according to the just traditions of their forebears.

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Zeng, Jiangyong. "Epidemiology of Brucellosis in Yaks in the Tibet autonomous region of China." Thesis, Zeng, Jiangyong (2017) Epidemiology of Brucellosis in Yaks in the Tibet autonomous region of China. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2017. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/40571/.

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Brucellosis, caused by members of the genus Brucella, is a highly contagious production-limiting disease and one of the most important zoonosis in many countries of the world, including China. Prior to the study outlined in this thesis, few studies on the epidemiology of brucellosis in Tibet had been undertaken. Consequently, the aims of this study were to determine the epidemiological characteristics and economic impact of brucellosis in yaks in Tibet. In a study examining historical data, significant differences were found in the spatial and temporal distribution of brucellosis in both livestock and humans (p<0.05). In the period from 2011 to 2013 there was a positive correlation between the seroprevalence in livestock and humans (r=0.93). Brucellosis was shown to be more common in the spring/summer seasons when parturition occurred. A cross-sectional serological study of 1,523 randomly selected yaks belonging to 181 herders was conducted in Damxung, Maizhokunggar and Yadong counties. Sera were tested using a Rose Bengal Test (RBT) and a Competitive immune-enzymatic assay (C-ELISA) and the results interpreted in parallel. The individual yak seroprevalence was 2.8% (95%CI: 2.0, 3.7) with a herd level seroprevalence of 18.2% (95%CI: 12.9, 24.6). At the individual animal level, age and production system were significantly associated with seropositivity in a multivariable logistic regression model. The odds of Brucella infection were significantly higher in older yaks (3-5 years old, OR=4.51; 95%CI: 1.53, 19.29; >5 years old, OR=3.89; 95%CI: 1.23, 17.21) compared to younger yaks (<3 years old). The odds of seropositivity for yaks managed under an agro-pastoral production system was 2.9 (95%CI: 1.48, 5.86) times higher compared to those managed under a pastoral production system. At the herd level an association between seropositivity and a history of herd-abortions was observed (OR=4.98, 95%CI: 1.48, 16.62). Surprisingly vaccination of calves in Pali township of Yadong county was not associated with a lower level of infection (p=0.49 and p=0.99 for individual and herd level data, respectively). A total of 317 yak pastoralists were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to determine their knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) relating to brucellosis. Although 60.6% of the respondents had heard of the disease, there was an overall low level of knowledge about the disease. Pastoralists did, however, adopt management/husbandry practices which would reduce transmission of the disease to humans and other animals. Multivariable logistic modelling showed that better knowledge was predicted by age (≥50 years old, OR=1.98; CI: 1.15, 3.46), production system practiced (pastoral, OR=10.57; CI: 5.47, 21.54), education level (primary/secondary school, OR=2.19; CI: 1.22, 3.96) and number of persons in a household (≥6 persons, OR=2.77; CI: 1.59, 4.91). Difference in attitudes and practices were predicted by education level (primary/secondary school, OR=1.72; CI: 1.03, 2.88), number of persons in a household (≥6 persons, OR=2.80; CI: 1.68, 4.76) and production system practiced (pastoral, OR=2.43; CI: 1.38, 4.33). An economic evaluation of brucellosis found that the disease could result in a loss of US$ 3,126,256.68 (95%CI: US$2,006,644.50, US$4,559,176.80) in the total population of yaks over a six-year period in Damxung and Maizhokunggar counties and Pali township of Yadong county in Tibet, with an average loss per yak estimated at US$ 1.42 (95%CI: 0.91, 2.07) annually. Through benefit-cost analysis, vaccination was found to be the most economically sound control method with a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 3.19 (95% CI: 2.17, 4.66) and a net present value (NPV) of US$313,354.87 (95%CI: US$157,678.46, US$541,061.80). In a sensitivity analysis the NPV of the vaccination control program was shown to be most sensitive to the loss from an abortion. In contrast the price of yaks that were slaughtered had the largest influence on the NPV for the test-and-slaughter control program and the combination control program (vaccination and test-and-slaughter programs). It is concluded that both public health education and implementation of a routine vaccination program are needed to effectively control brucellosis in yaks on the Tibetan plateau.

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Wong, Ka-yu, and 黃家愉. "Molecular ecology of lithic microbial communities." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43703951.

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Safaya, Smriti. "Neotectonic faulting along the central Bangong-Jiang suture zone, central Tibet." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B37105309.

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Abrajevitch, Alexandra. "Paleomagnetism of the Dazhuqu terrane, Yarlung Zangbo suture zone, Southern Tibet." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42577020.

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Chan, Sik-lap Jacky, and 陳式立. "Paleocene deep-marine sediments in southern central Tibet: indication of an arc-continent collision." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38925862.

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Baxter, Alan Thomas. "Applied radiolarian biostratigraphy and detrital mineral analysis of Mesotethyan and Neotethyan sediments from India and Tibet." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45587048.

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Ziabrev, Sergey. "Tectonic evolution of Dazhuqu and Bainang terranes, Yarlung Zangbo suture, Tibet as constrained by radiolarian biostratigraphy." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B24729760.

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Wang, Baiqiu, and 王伯秋. "Paleomagnetism of the paleogene linzizong volcanic series, southern Tibet, and its tectonic implications." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41758092.

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Bailey, Cameron. "A feast for scholars : the life and works of Sle lung Bzhad pa'i rdo rje." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c8de47c2-98b2-4b3c-8bcb-3e93ca668722.

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Bzhad pa'i rdo rje (1697-1740), the Fifth Sle lung Rin po che, was a religiously and politically controversial figure and an incredibly prolific author, having written or compiled over 46 volumes worth of mainly religious texts. A high-ranking Dge lugs pa sprul sku, Sle lung is seen as having gradually "defected" to the Rnying ma school, although he self-identified as a follower of the "non-sectarian" (ris med) perspective. Sle lung also acted as a spiritual advisor to most of the major central Tibetan rulers during the course of his life, most significantly Mi dbang Pho lha nas (r. 1729-1747). But despite numerous features of fascinating interest, Sle lung and his writings have received very little scholarly attention, and this thesis is intended to fill this unfortunate lacuna. The present study begins with an extended biographical examination of Sle lung's life, and the political and religious unrest in central Tibet at the time in which he was deeply invested. I pay special attention to the controversies that surrounded him, particularly his purported sexual licentiousness and his ecumenical work which was unpopular among his more sectarian Dge lugs pa critics. This opening biography provides critical historical context as I move on to examine two of Sle lung's most important literary works. The first is the sixteen-volume Gsang ba ye shes chos skor, a massive cycle of teachings by Sle lung and his students that integrates tantric theories derived from Sle lung's experience with Gsar ma (specifically Dge lugs pa) teachings. The second work is the Bstan srung rgya mtsho'i rnam thar, a unique text in Tibetan literature which consists of an apparently unprecedented compilation of Tibetan Buddhist protector deity (bstan srung, chos skyong) origin myths. I will make sense of key features of these two works within the larger context of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, as well as the political and personal concerns of Sle lung himself.

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Faustino, Decibel Villarisco. "Late mesozoic magmatism along the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, Tibet." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42664615.

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Heimsath, Kabir Mansingh. "Urban space of Lhasa." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547758.

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李穎儀 and Wing-yee Winnie Li. "Fiscal decentralization and economic development in China: a comparative study of Guangdong province and Tibetautonomous region, 1989-2000." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B26827712.

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Lee, Ting Jennifer, and 李婷. "Holocene evolution of a hypersaline lake: Lagkor Tso, western Tibet." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39634140.

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Zhu, Zhiyong, and 朱志勇. "State schooling and ethnic identity: a study of an inland Tibet middle school in the People's Republic of China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31246291.

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Wu, Chen. "Analyzing the portrayal of the desired national identity of the Tibetan ethnicity in China's propaganda." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2011. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1219.

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Chiu, Man-yee Angela, and 招敏儀. "Striking the buddhist chord in snowy regions." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41385251.

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Samuels, Jonathan. "Tamang clan culture and its relevance to the archaic culture of Tibet." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669727.

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完德克. "藏族牧區政治結構的變遷 : 衝突與調適 = Change of the political structures in the Tibetan nomads areas : conflicts and adaptations." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2001. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/278.

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Beran, Jiří. "Význam Programu západního rozvoje ČLR pro tibetskou ekonomiku." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-201987.

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Theme of the diploma thesis is development and the results of Western China Development Programme in Tibet Autonomous Region. Main Goal of the paper is to assess present results of the programme in the region. The paper consists of three chapters. First chapter deals with different theories of regional development that are relevant with regards to the topic. Also, possible means of measuring development efforts are described. Second chapter describes how Tibet developed economically from the Qing era till implementation of the Western China Development. The final chapter firstly describes means of economic policy in Tibet and its last part analyses results of the development programme and compares it with the theoretical background from the first chapter.

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Seton, Gregory Max. "Defining wisdom : Ratnākaraśānti's Sāratamā." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9c168639-e2f8-4550-b515-e93a41c95045.

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This thesis examines Ratnakarasanti's (ca. 970-1045 C.E.) explication of Prajnaparamita in his doxographical works and his Saratama. Based on extant Sanskrit and Tibetan primary sources, it argues that Ratnakarasanti's main teacher was Dharmakirtisri (late 10th C.E.) and that Ratnakarasanti's Saratama sought to replace his teacher's Yogacara-Madhyamika framework with a causal explanation of Prajnaparamita through redefining the term Prajnaparamita as the path to awakening, rather than its goal. By unpacking that causal explanation in light of his broader system, the thesis demonstrates the way that Ratnakarasanti's own version of Nirakaravadin-Yogacara-Madhyamika refutes cognitive images (akara) as unreal ultimately, but claims they are still perceived by buddhas out of compassion. This conclusion debunks the long-standing theory that Ratnakarasanti was an Indian proponent of the controversial Tibetan gZhan-stong despite later gZhan-stong propon-ents' attempts to claim him as their own. There are two parts to the study. The first part introduces Ratnakarasanti's life, philosophy and doxography based upon evidence from a Tibetan colophon to his Madhyamika commentary and the Tibetan hagiography of his student Adhisa (a.k.a. Atisa) and upon a comparative analysis of his doxographical works that are prerequisites for reading his Saratama. The second part consists of an annotated translation of the Saratama's introductory section, contrasted with the prior standard interpretation by Haribhadra's (9th century C.E.). In the two appendices are included a Tibetan critical edition and a separate hybrid Sanskrit and Tibetan critical edition of the Saratama's first parivarta based on the extant 11th and 13th century incomplete MSS and on the Tibetan translations in the sDe dge, Peking and sNarthang editions. The hybrid edition also includes my provisional critical edition of the root text - i.e. the first parivarta of the Aryasta - sahasrikaprajnaparamitasutra - and my own translation of two small sample sections of the Saratama, which are extant only in Tibetan, back into Sanskrit.

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Henrion-Dourcy, Isabelle. "Ache Lhamo : Jeux et enjeux d'une tradition théâtrale tibétaine." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211111.

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L'objet de cette thèse est une monographie du théâtre traditionnel tibétain, ou ache lhamo, souvent appelé lhamo tout court, tel qu'il était joué à l'époque pré-moderne (antérieure à 1950) et tel qu'il est encore joué actuellement en Région Autonome du Tibet (République Populaire de Chine) et dans la diaspora tibétaine établie en Inde et au Népal. Comme la plupart des théâtres d'Asie, il est un genre composite :à la fois drame à thématique religieuse (issue du bouddhisme mahāyāna), satire mimée, et farce paysanne, il comprend de la récitation sur un mode parlé, du chant, des percussions, de la danse et des bouffonneries improvisées, ainsi qu'un usage de masques et de costumes flamboyants, qui tranchent avec la sobriété absolue des décors (la scène est vide) et de la mise en scène. Bien qu’il ait été encouragé et financé par le gouvernement des Dalai Lama, de grands monastères et des familles aristocratiques, c’est un théâtre avant tout populaire, et non pas réservé à une élite lettrée. Cette étude a circonscrit à la fois le contenu, le rôle social, le langage artistique et les implications politiques du théâtre dans la civilisation tibétaine.

La méthodologie a été composée en combinant les apports et réflexions critiques de trois disciplines :l'ethnologie, la tibétologie et les études théâtrales. L'approche est fondamentalement ethnologique, en ce que la production des données repose sur une immersion de plus de deux ans parmi des acteurs de théâtre de la Région Autonome du Tibet (1996-1998) et de près d'un an parmi ceux de la diaspora d'Asie du Sud (1998-2000). Elle l’est aussi en ce que l’intention a été de constituer une intelligibilité englobante pour l'ache lhamo, c'est-à-dire de mettre au jour l'intrication des dimensions culturelle, sociale, politique, économique, rituelle et symbolique de la pratique théâtrale. L’une des contributions principales du travail est d’étoffer l’ethnologie régionale du Tibet central, mais ses conclusions et son esprit critique le placent également dans la liste déjà importante des travaux consacrés à l'invention des traditions. La tibétologie a fourni le cadre interprétatif fondamental des données recueillies. Une importance très grande a été accordée à l'histoire du pays ainsi qu'à la philologie et aux terminologies vernaculaires particulières au théâtre. L’étude s’inscrit dans l’un des courants novateurs de la tibétologie, privilégiant les aspects non plus religieux et politiques de cette civilisation, mais sa partie « populaire » et anthropologique, mettant au premier plan l’analyse des pratiques et non celle des doctrines. Des sources écrites (textes pré-modernes et sources secondaires de folkloristes tibétains et chinois) ont été intégrées aux observations. En ce qui concerne la troisième approche méthodologique, cette étude ne s'inscrit ni dans le courant des « performance studies » de Richard Schechner, ni dans l'anthropologie théâtrale d’Eugenio Barba, ni dans l'ethnoscénologie telle qu'elle est défendue par Jean-Marie Pradier, mais plutôt dans l'anthropologie du théâtre, au sens d'étude interprétative et multidimensionnelle, utilisant les référents établis de l'anthropologie et les savoirs indigènes pour décrire une expression culturelle déterminée et reconnue comme un genre à part entière, le théâtre.

Les résultats sont présentés en trois parties, qui peuvent être résumées de manière lapidaire par trois adjectifs :culturelle, sociologique, artistique. La première partie, intitulée "Le cadre culturel du lhamo avant 1959", est consacrée au contexte (historique, religieux et littéraire) dans lequel le théâtre est inscrit, ainsi qu’aux textes (leur contenu, leurs modalités de composition et de transmission) qui révèlent l'imaginaire propre du théâtre. La deuxième partie est une analyse de "L'ancrage sociologique du lhamo". Les conditions matérielles des représentations y sont examinées :les divers types de troupes, leur organisation interne, le statut social des acteurs, l'inscription de la pratique du théâtre dans le système socio-économique pré-moderne, et les rapports d'obligations tissés entre acteurs et seigneurs, ainsi qu'entre acteurs et commanditaires des représentations. La dernière partie, "Art et savoirs des acteurs", jette un éclairage sur la matière vive du lhamo. Elle rend compte des conceptions, valeurs, plaisirs et difficultés de ceux qui pratiquent cette forme d'art. Les divers registres de leur discipline sont analysés en détail :costumes, masques, gestuelle, chant, accompagnement musical (percussions) et sentiments exprimés. L'appréciation qui en est faite par le public est aussi consignée. Au cœur de cette partie se trouve une réflexion sur la nature rituelle et non rituelle du lhamo, et sur les liens éventuels de ce dernier avec d'autres activités religieuses, telles la possession. Les dernières pages de la thèse constituent un épilogue, qui fait le point sur la situation contemporaine, donc les implications politiques, du théâtre des deux côtés de l'Himalaya.

L'image anthropologique du lhamo qui a pu être dégagée de ces trois volets d'analyse le fait apparaître comme essentiellement ambivalent :le lhamo est un théâtre de paradoxes. À l'image de la civilisation tibétaine, il est composite et cohérent à la fois. Sa cohérence réside dans son ambivalence :il traverse et relie des aspects contrastés de la culture. Il introduit du jeu entre les polarités que Tibétains et tibétologues établissent parfois un peu trop à la hâte entre culture savante et culture populaire, écriture et oralité, éléments exogènes et apports autochtones, bouddhisme et cultes qui ont précédé son implantation, aspiration religieuse et intérêts mondains, spécialistes rituels et bénéficiaires qui les rémunèrent. Combinant fonction pédagogique et fonction rituelle, sacré compassé du texte et irrévérence grivoise des improvisations, le lhamo correspond aussi très bien à la manière dont les théâtrologues appréhendent le théâtre :comme un objet curieux, créé par les hommes et qui pourtant ne cesse de les intriguer, comme s'il était venu d'ailleurs.
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"Phytochemical study on sabina przewalskii, a Tibetan medicinal plant." 2003. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6073554.

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Woo Ka-yan.
"September 2003."
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
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"Studies on metabolism and pharmacological effect of active constituents of a Tibetan herbal medicine, halenia elliptica /cWong, Yan." Thesis, 2007. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074522.

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Halenia elliptica D. Don belongs to Gentianaceae family. It is often used as part of a traditional Tibetan medicine to treat hepatitis. In the present investigation, six major xanthone components were isolated and identified from Halenia elliptica. An HPLC/DAD/APCI/MS method was developed and validated for the quantitative analysis of these xanthones, including 1-hydroxy-2,3,5-trimethoxy-xanthone (HM-1), 1-hydroxy-2,3,4,7-tetramethoxy- xanthone (HM-2), 1-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetramethoxy-xanthone (HM-3), 1,7- dihydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetramethoxy-xanthone (HM-4), 1,5-dihydroxy-2,3-dimethoxy-xanthone (HM-5) and 1-0-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl]-2,3,5-trimethoxy-xanthone (HM-2-10). All the xanthones aglycons caused vasodilation in the coronary artery pre-contracted with 1 muM 5-HT, but the xanthone glycoside had no effect. HM-1 was one of the most abundant xanthones with the most potent vasorelaxant activity.
Mechanisms of the vasorelaxant effect of HM-1 were investigated. HM-1 showed a potent vasorelaxant activity on rat coronary artery involved both an endothelium-dependent mechanism involving NO and an endothelium-independent mechanism by inhibiting Ca2+ influx through L-type voltage-operated Ca2+ channels.
Taken together, in spite of the pharmacokinetics results showed that HM-1 was rapidly and widely distributed to tissues after intravenous administration in rats, with conjugation to being the major metabolic pathway in vivo, both HM-1 and its active metabolite (HM-5) show that they are important pharmacological agents with potentially useful therapeutic indications.
The metabolism and pharmacokinetics of HM-1 displayed biphasic elimination kinetics, with an elimination half-life of 60.4 +/- 4.2 min. Four other Phase I metabolites were isolated and identified as demethylated products in vitro. HM-1 was metabolised to HM-5 in the liver. Biliary excretion studies showed that both HM-1 and the metabolite (HM-5) underwent extensive phase II conjugation to form glucuronides and sulfates. Tissue distribution studies showed that HM-1 was widely distributed to different organs. Collection of urine and faeces over 24 h showed that 10.88% of dose was excreted from urine and 1.91% of dose via faeces.
With HM-5 being one of the major in vivo metabolites of HM-1, the effect of HM-5 has been studied on rat coronary artery and compared to HM-1. HM-5-mediated vasorelaxant effect was mediated through opening of potassium channel (TEA, 4-AP) and altering intracellular calcium by partial inhibition of Ca2+ influx through L-type voltage-operated Ca 2+ channels and intracellular Ca2+ stores.
"September 2007."
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-08, Section: B, page: 4699.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-218).
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
School code: 1307.

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Carter, Peter D. "Culture and development in the Tibetan Autonomous Region /." 2005. http://www.consuls.org/record=b2731327.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- Central Connecticut State University, 2005.
Thesis advisor: Timothy Rickard. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in International Studies." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-93). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Gamble, Ruth Ellen. "The view from nowhere : the travels of the third karmapa, rang byung rdo rje in story and songs." Phd thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151661.

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Rang byung rdo rje (1284-1339), the third Karmapa, was an important figure in the development of Tibetan Buddhism. He is most famous for his commentaries and treatises that systemised the lineages of tantric Buddhism he inherited, works that have been the subject of numerous studies. Until this present study, however, his personal writing, both his biographical liberation-stories (rnam thar) and his songs (mgur/glu) have not been translated in full or studied. As much of his writing in these two genres was composed while he travelled around first Tibet, then Mongolia and China, travelling is one of these works' major themes, and therefore the thematic subject of this thesis. The study's thematic approach to these compositions has allowed it to examine them as both literature and historical sources. A combination that, in turn, has not only provided many more details about his life than earlier studies, but also enabled an investigation of Rang byung rdo rje's contribution to Tibet's literary culture, in which the two genres of rnam thar and mgur/glu have played a central role. As this thesis explains, what becomes evident in this literary and historical examination of Rang byung rdo rje's writings in these genres is that his influence on Tibetan culture was not limited to his contribution to Tibet's intellectual history. He also played a pivotal role in the development of two other important elements of Tibetan culture: the sacralisation of Tibet's environment and the tradition of recognising reincarnated gurus, both of which he helped establish on his travels. Moreover, this investigation shows how intertwined these processes were in Rang byung rdo rje's writing: how much Rang byung rdo rje's presentation of the Karmapa reincarnate lineage - the first reincarnate lineage upon which others were modelled - depended on the sacralisation of the Karmapas' environments to sustain their status across lives; and how much the sacralisation of the Karmapas' environments depended on both their sanctified presence, and their cultural "landscaping" of these sites through architecture, art and most influentially literature. In establishing this connection between sacred sites and the development of Tibet's first reincarnation lineages, this thesis further demonstrates how Rang byung rdo rje's participation in both these projects depended on his claims to and articulation of otherworldly visions. Through these visions he established a religious, otherworldly, periphery-focused authority upon which he could make claims about identity and territory that stood in opposition to those made on the same region by its this-worldly rulers, the Mongol Empire. It also shows how this alternate vision was aided by Rang byung rdo rje's promotion of the mahamudra tradition, a tradition whose sceptical approach to all phenomena suggested experiences of this and other worlds were equally unreal.

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Yeshe, Bhiksuni Tenzin. "Nuns in contemporary Taiwanese and Tibetan Buddhism." Master's thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148156.

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McGowan, Dianne. "Consuming the devil's idols : (re)presenting Tibetan art in the United States." Phd thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150595.

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This dissertation examines the transformation of Tibetan artefacts into fine art. I seek to understand how this transformation originated, why and when it occurred and, most significantly, the value creation processes associated with maintaining artworlds. My original contribution is the analysis of the history of Tibetan art's reception in the west. In essence, I investigate the western commodification of Tibetan art during the twentieth century. The focus of this study is the central locus for this phenomenon, the United States, specifically New York City. Beginning with the premise that the concept of Tibetan art as a fine art is a western construct, I trace the (re)presentation of Tibet and Tibetan culture within the western artworld. The exhibition of Tibetan art by the prestigious New York Asia Society in 1969 exemplified the worthiness of Tibetan artefacts as art and began an 'informational' cascade phenomenon. I argue that the institutionalization of Tibetan art discourse at this exhibition, acknowledged the transforming process. Through observations and critical analysis of primary and secondary material, this dissertation investigates the transformation of Tibetan artefacts into art by means of the value creation processes of art exhibition catalogues and associated New York Asia Week activities - the art auctions and fairs. This analysis found that the recent emphasis on the aestheticization of Tibetan art has generated a burgeoning private demand for museum-quality masterpieces, resulting in anomalies in collecting and exhibiting practices. For instance, the alleged practice of overpainting highlights the over emphasis on aesthetic appreciation, while bringing into question the interrelationship of authority and authenticity. At the same time, the narrative of lost Tibetan culture obscures questions of representation, consuming and ownership.

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Peck, Sarah. "Transcultural study of the Tibetan Diaspora : Tibetan cultural identity survival in Australia, India and Switzerland." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148279.

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