Tibetan Buddhist chronicles

E671095

Buddhist historiography Tibetan literature historical narrative genre religious literature

Tibetan Buddhist chronicles are historical and religious narratives that record the lives of important Buddhist figures, the spread of Buddhism, and key events in Tibet’s spiritual and political history.

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Tibetan chronicles	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist historiography ⓘ Tibetan literature ⓘ historical narrative genre ⓘ religious literature ⓘ
documents	conflicts between Buddhist and non-Buddhist forces ⓘ construction of temples and stupas ⓘ foundation of monasteries ⓘ introduction of Buddhism to Tibet ⓘ lineages of teachers and disciples ⓘ miraculous events associated with Buddhist masters ⓘ patron-priest relationships ⓘ persecutions or declines of Buddhism ⓘ relations between religious and political authorities ⓘ religious reforms ⓘ royal patronage of Buddhism ⓘ translation of Buddhist scriptures into Tibetan ⓘ
hasAudience	Tibetan lay Buddhists ⓘ monastic communities ⓘ religious elites ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	Himalayan region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasForm	annalistic record ⓘ genealogical account ⓘ hagiography ⓘ prose narrative ⓘ
hasFunction	construction of sacred geography ⓘ didactic instruction ⓘ legitimation of political power ⓘ preservation of religious memory ⓘ promotion of specific Buddhist lineages ⓘ recording of historical events ⓘ
hasLanguage	Tibetan language ⓘ
hasMainSubject	Tibetan kings and rulers ⓘ Tibetan political history ⓘ Tibetan religious history ⓘ history of Buddhism in Tibet ⓘ lives of Buddhist masters ⓘ monastic institutions in Tibet ⓘ spread of Buddhism ⓘ
hasPerspective	Buddhist viewpoint ⓘ religiously motivated interpretation of history ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition	Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist schools ⓘ Vajrayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTemporalScope	early spread of Buddhism in Tibet ⓘ formation of major Tibetan Buddhist schools ⓘ imperial period of Tibet ⓘ post-imperial Tibetan kingdoms ⓘ
isUsedBy	historians of Tibet ⓘ religious practitioners ⓘ scholars of Buddhism ⓘ

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Dharmapala → knownFrom → Tibetan Buddhist chronicles ⓘ

Mongol conquest of Tibet → describedBySource → Tibetan Buddhist chronicles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tibetan chronicles