An empire speaks: Kavya narratives of Indias cultural history,

Brar, Rupinder S.

ISBN: 9788196738716, 8196738714

This book presenting poems, which is designed with selected illustrative artworks relating to the themes of the poems. This book recounts, in English yet in the kavya poetic format, tales of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist and other South Asian traditions.

A Sanskrit treasury: a compendium of literature from the Clay Sanskrit Library, foreword by Amartya Sen

Formigatti, Camillo A.

ISBN: 9781851245314, 1851245316

This beautiful collection brings together passages from the renowned stories, poems, dramas and myths of South Asian literature, including the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. Drawing on the translations published by the Clay Sanskrit Library, the book presents episodes from the adventures of young Krishna, the life of Prince Rama and Hindu foundational myths, the life of the Buddha, as well as Bu...

Tibetan manuscripts and early printed books, 2 vols.,

ISBN: 9781501716218, 1501716212

Vol.I: Elements (ISBN 9781501716218), Vol.II: Elaborations (ISBN 9781501771255). Tibetan books have long served as a medium of culture and learning throughout Central and East Asia. Major collections of Tibetan manuscripts and printed books--for Tibetan works were put into print even before the age of Gutenberg--are found in libraries and museums far from the traditional centers of Tibetan lear...

The Sacred books of the East, Vol.X (in 2 parts),

ISBN: 9789349557475, 9349557479

Part I: The Dhammapada: a collection of verses, being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists, tr. from Pali by F. Max Muller, Part II: The Sutta-Nipata: a collection of discourses, being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists, tr. from Pali by V. Fausboll. This book is a monumental 50-volume series of English translations of Asian religious texts. ed. by the renowned scholar Max Mulle...

Making a canon: Anand K. Coomaraswamy, Sri Lanka, and the Place of Buddhist Art

Leoshko, Janice

ISBN: 9789395474382, 9395474386

The story of how one scholars experiences in Sri Lanka shaped the contours of the Buddhist visual canon.