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  <titleInfo>
    <title> Identity, Ritual and State in Tibetan Buddhism</title>
    <subTitle>The Foundations of Authority in Gelukpa Monasticism</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Mills, Martin A.</namePart>
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    <publisher> Routledge</publisher>
    <dateIssued> 2003</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>426 pages,24 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>The book is a scholarly study of Gelukpa monasticism, examining how ritual, religious identity, monastic authority, and political/state structures interact in Tibetan Buddhism.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">  Martin A. Mills.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Buddhism &amp; Tibet.  Gelukpa (Sect) &amp; Monasticism. Monasticism and religious orders &amp; Tibet.  Ritual &amp; Religious aspects &amp;Buddhism</topic>
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