“He Made Offerings and Ordered Prayers On Behalf of the Kalmyk People». Gelong Tügmüd-Gavji in Memoirs of His Relatives
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2017-10-76-94
Abstract
The paper contains memoirs about life and activities of Tügmüd-Gavji (O. M. Dordzhiev, 1887–1980), one of last Kalmyk Buddhist priests of the senior generation.
The data in the form of an interview relate about some little-known pages of Tügmüd-Gavji’s biography: we have to acknowledge that there is no complete biography of the gelong (Tib. ‘ordained monk’) for the time being, and the available data is insufficient enough. The article contains stories told by relatives and friends of the Buddhist priest, relations with him became part of their spiritual life and helped them designate themselves as Buddhists.
About the Author
D. Muzraeva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph. D. in Philology (Candidate of Philological Sciences), Associate Professor, Senior Research Associate, Head of Department of Mongolian Philology
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For citations:
Muzraeva D. “He Made Offerings and Ordered Prayers On Behalf of the Kalmyk People». Gelong Tügmüd-Gavji in Memoirs of His Relatives. Mongolian Studies. 2017;9(1):76-94. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2017-10-76-94
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