Tibetas lūgšanu karodziņu rlung rta iespējamās semantiskās saknes
Tibetan Prayer Flags Rlung Rta: Possible Semantic Roots

Summary/Abstract: The research deals with the Tibetan practice of prayer flags rlung rta and their possible semantic roots. Unfortunately, historical sources about origins of prayer flags don’t exist. There are just two popular traditional versions concerning the matter. According to the first one rlung rta (and dar lcog on the whole) derivate from Indian and Tibetan war flags. According to the second version the practice of dar lcog is rooted in Tibetan Bon religion. In the present paper we endeavour to analyse possible shamanic and pre-shamanic origins of dar lcog referring to Tibetan cultural environment as well as to the context of Central Asia on the whole paying special attention to Mongolia and Buryatia region. The purpose of the research is to understand the reasons and the extent of the tantric connotations present in the semantic field of the investigated matter.

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