The Buddhism of Tibet, or Lamaism, with mystic cults, symbolism and mythology, and its relation to Indian Buddhism / by L. Austine Waddell.
- Laurence Waddell
- Date:
- [1934]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The Buddhism of Tibet, or Lamaism, with mystic cults, symbolism and mythology, and its relation to Indian Buddhism / by L. Austine Waddell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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