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'''Kathang''' (Tib. | '''Kathang''' (Tib. བཀའ་ཐང་, Wyl. ''bka’ thang'') or 'Chronicles' in English, is a Tibetan literary genre that usually, although not exclusively, refers to the biographies of [[Padmasambhava]] concealed as ''[[terma]]'' or hidden treasures and revealed by a ''[[tertön]]'' at a particular time. | ||
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Revision as of 22:36, 31 July 2011
Kathang (Tib. བཀའ་ཐང་, Wyl. bka’ thang) or 'Chronicles' in English, is a Tibetan literary genre that usually, although not exclusively, refers to the biographies of Padmasambhava concealed as terma or hidden treasures and revealed by a tertön at a particular time.