A Tigress on the Shwedagon:
A Research Note

By Michael W. Charney

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A short article on a glasswork depiction of an incident in 1903 in which a tigress sought refuge on the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon.

About: Buddhism and Animals

Published in 2008 in SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research by School of Oriental and African Studies.

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    title={{A} {T}igress on the {S}hwedagon: {A} {R}esearch {N}ote},
    author={Michael W. Charney},
    publisher={School of Oriental and African Studies},
    year=2008,
    journal={SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research},
    volume=6,
    pagecount=1,
    keywords={burmese,animals,bart},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://www.burmalibrary.org/docs11/SBBR6-Tigress.pdf}
}

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