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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022): Journal of Tibetan Literature

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“Avadāna of Silver Flowers”

Gedun Rabsal, Nicole Willock

7–46

Our translation and analysis of sections of the epic poem, “Avadāna of Silver Flowers” showcases Tibetan-language poetics or “nyen-ngak” (snyan ngag). ... More








Reading the Mila Life Story

Janet Gyatso

185–209

This essay explores some of the outstanding literary flourishes of Tsangnyon Heruka’s Mila Life Story and attempts to analyse how they work in the narrative... More


Distilling Joys and Woes

Lama Jabb

211–226

With the exception of a few remarkable female luminaries, traditional Tibetan literature hardly has any room for the public voice of Tibetan women. Women have b... More


Interview with Gedun Rabsal

Gedun Rabsal

227–241

Gedun Rabsal discusses the origin story of his new Tibetan rendition of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, his fascination with Ernest Hemingway, his approach to the... More




The Journal of Tibetan Literature encourages an exploration of the literary in Tibetan writing from a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives.

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