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Buddhist Worldly Protector: Tsiu Marpo Bibliography

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Bibliography:

The Warlord’s Tantra with Accompanying Sadhanas (Dmag dpon gyi rgyud sgrub thabs dang bcas pa). Ngari Panchen Péma Wangyel Dorjé (Mnga’ ris Panchen Padma dbang rgyal rdo rje; 1487-1542).

tsi'u dmar gsol mchod bya tshul bzhugs so. 'jam mgon tham cad mkhyen pa'i zhal gsung. Published at Lhundrub Teng. Pages 85-162.

Tsiu Marpo, the Career of a Tibetan Protector Deity, (35 MB Pdf file) by Christopher Paul Bell. The Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences.

Oracles and Demons of Tibet by Rene De Nebesky-Wojkowitz. The Hague (1956). ISBN 81-7303-039-1. (Contents list).

The Guardian Deities of Tibet by Ladrang Kalsang (first edition 1996). Contents list.

Tibetan Mountain Deities, Their Cults and Representations, edited by Anne-Marie Blondeau.

"From btsanpo to btsan: The Demonization of the Tibetan Sacral Kingship," Todd Gibson (dissertation), completed in 1991.

Jeff Watt [updated 1-2020]