Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra David-Néel was recorded at birth as Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David. She also worked under the name Alexandra. The authorities additionally record the headings Alexandra David-Neel and Louise Davidjjgh. Her recorded languages were English, Sanskrit, Tibetan and French. Her recorded confession was Buddhism.

She married Philippe Neel and Philippe Néel. Other recorded relations include Aphur Yongden.

Works recorded as notable number 2: My Journey to Lhasa and With Mystics and Magicians in Tibet. Her recorded genre is opera.

37 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1927 to 1998.

My Journey to Lhasa. With Mystics and Magicians in Tibet. Der verborgene Türkis. Antología de la literatura fantástica. L'Avadûta gītâ de Dattatraya. 古老的西藏面對新生的中國. Initations Lamaîques. 一个巴黎女子的拉萨历险记. Le bouddhisme. Socialisme chinois. Voyage d'un Parisienne à Lhassa. Mein Weg durch Himmel und Hölle. Le philosophie Meh-ti et l'idee de solidarite. Initiations lamaiques. Immortalité et réincarnation. Les théories individualistes dans la philosophie chinoise. Mönche und Strauchritter. Heilige und hexer. Arjopa. Le Bouddhisme du Bouddha. Voyages et aventures de l'esprit. Au coeur des Himalayas. Socialisme Chinois. le Philosophe Meh-Ti et l'idée de Solidarite. The superhuman life of Gesar of Ling. EN EL CORAZON DEL HIMALAYA. Le bouddhisme: ses doctrines et ses méthodes. Dieux et démons des solitudes tibétaines. Mein Weg durch Himmel und Höllen. La vie surhumaine de Guésar de Ling, le héros thibétain. Magic and Mystery in Tibet. Le sortilège du mystère. Immortality and Reincarnation. Astavakra gîtâ. Suivi de, L'Avadhuta gîtâ. Tibet d'Alexandra David Neel. La Lampe de sagesse. My journey to Lhasa : the personal story of the only white woman who succeeded in entering the forbidden city / [Alexandra David-Neel]., dated 1927, held by Wellcome Collection. Centenarias de Leyenda / Jesús Fraiz Calvo., dated [1998?], held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Alexandra David-Néel, 2021. Alexandra David-Néel, Journal d’une Parisienne à Lhassa, 1927, La Géographie, 2012. Alexandra David-Néel : l'orientaliste méconnue, Women in French Studies, 2001. Alexandra David-Néel, « une Parisienne sur le toit du monde », Femmes d’exception, 2018. Alexandra David-Néel explore la pensée de Mozi, Rencontres et interculturalité entre la Chine et l’Occident, 2022. Le sacre du paysage tibétain, Géographie et Cultures, 2011. L’évolution du rôle de la femme chinoise sous le regard de deux écrivains français : Alexandra David-Néel et Pierre-Jean Remy, Trayectorias Humanas Trascontinentales, 2025. Análisis del trasvase de los elementos culturales tibetanos en la traducción al español de Voyage d’une Parisienne à Lhasa, Estudios de Traducción, 2022. Les débuts difficiles d’un mariage épistolaire entre Alexandra et Philippe Néel (1904-1911), Çédille: Revista de Estudios Franceses, 2019. On the Threshold of the "Land of Marvels:" Alexandra David-Neel in Sikkim and the Making of Global Buddhism, The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 2016. A Historical Review of the Comparative Study of Mohism and Christianity during the Late Qing and Republican China Periods, Religions, 2024. Fearless Women Travellers: Religion and More, International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 2023. Borges y Bioy Casares reescriben a Alexandra David-Néel. El caso de “La vuelta del maestro” en Cuentos breves y extraordinarios, Microtextualidades, 2022.

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Le Modernisme bouddhiste et le bouddhisme du Bouddha — Internet Archive. Socialisme chinois (1907) — Internet Archive. Insegnamenti Segreti Delle Sette Buddhiste Tibetane — Internet Archive. Magic And Mystery In Tibet — Internet Archive. The Power of Nothingness (1954) — Internet Archive. Initiations and initiates in tibet (1970) — Internet Archive. With Mystics And Magicians In Tibet (1936) — Internet Archive. My Journey to Lhasa: The Personal Story of the Only White Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City (1927) — Internet Archive. The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling (1959) — Internet Archive. The secret oral teachings in Tibetan Buddhist sects (1967) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 39 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 1 catalogued release groups (MusicBrainz). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Alexandra David-Néel studied at Royal Conservatory of Brussels. the recorded working language is English, Sanskrit and Tibetan.

The field of work recorded is oriental studies, linguistics and occultism. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera.

Works named in the authority record are My Journey to Lhasa and With Mystics and Magicians in Tibet.

Distinctions recorded are Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations and Commander of the Legion of Honour.