The birth of the Buddha: proceedings of the Seminar held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004

Cueppers, Christoph et al.

ISBN: 9789937553032, 9937553032

The present volume comprises the contributions of specialists from various fields of Buddhist Studies and attempts to position the traditions of the Birth of the Buddha.

Bodhicharyavatara of Santideva, original Sanskrit text with English transl. and exposition based on Prajnakarmati's Panjika by Parmananda Sharma, with a foreword by H.H. The Dalai

ISBN: 9788185179131, 8185179131

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Poetical vision of the Buddha's former lives: seventeen legends from Haribhatta's Jatakamala

Hahn, Michael (ed.)

ISBN: 9788177421040, 8177421042

The present book contains the first Indian edition of 17 (out of 34) legends from the Garland of Birth-Stories (Jatakamala) by the Kashmirian poet Haribhatta who lived not later than 400 CE. His composition, written in the prosimetric campu style, is a worthy successor to Aryasura's Jatakamala.

The Bower manuscript: facsimile leaves, Nagari transcript, romanised transliteration and Eng. tr. with notes

ISBN: 9788177421125, 8177421123

This is perhaps the oldest existing manuscript on Indian medicine. It was discovered at Kucha, principal oasis of Chinese Turkestan, on the great caravan route to China. A man from Kucha dug, in anticipation of getting some treasure, in an area supposed to contain an underground city. He found only this manuscript which he sold to Lt. L H Bower who had gone there on a mission from the Governmen...

Brahmagupta's Ganita (Ganitadhyaya of Brahmasphutasiddhanta with introduction, English translation and notes along with illustrative examples of Prthudakasvami and others)...

ISBN: 9789380864198, 9380864191

...English tr. by Venugopal D Heroor, General ed. Dilip Kumar Rana.

Brahmasutra-Catuhsutri-sankarabhasyam, 2 vols.: Sri Sankaracarya's comm. on the Catuhsutri of Brahmasutra, with Sanskrit text, transliteration, word for word meaning, Eng. trans...

ISBN: 9789380864334, 9380864337

... and annotation by S. Sankaranayanan. This work is a fresh, student-friendly commentary for the modern learner. The Bhasya text has been kept mostly in non-sandhi form, a boon to the fledging learner of Sanskrit. It has been transliterated into English followed by its word-to-word meaning, and after which is given a translation of the Bhasya that is as close and literal as possible to the Ac...

The Brahmayamalatantra or Picumata, Vol.I: chapters 1-2, 39-40 & 83, revelation, ritual, and material culture in an early Saiva Tantra

Hatley, Shaman

ISBN: 9788184702262, 8184702264

It is one of the earliest surviving goddess-oriented (sakta) tantras, its core probably dating back to the late seventh or early eighth century. The work is transmitted in a beautiful Nepalese palm-leaf manuscript of 11th century, which forms the basis for its critical edition. This volume includes the first published edition and annotated translation. ;

The Brahmayamalatantra or Picumata, Vol.II: the religious observances and sexual rituals of the tantric practitioner: chapters 3, 21, and 45, a critical edn. and annotated tr. b...

ISBN: 9788184702071, 8184702078

...Kiss.;The present volume contains a critical edition and annotated translation of three of its chapters: one on the central mandala of the cult, one on preliminary religious observances (vrata) prescribed for all practitioners (sadhaka), and one on instructions for each individual category of sadhaka -- instructions on transgressive sexual rituals for the Talaka, on strict rules of conduct f...

Buddha Gaya: the hermitage of Sakya Muni

Mitra, Rajendralala

ISBN: 9788177420623, 8177420623

Buddha Gaya is one of the four holiest places of Buddhism. Here Buddha attained enlightenment after having meditated for 49 days under the bodhi tree. In the 3rd century BC emperor Asoka built a shrine to mark this spot of Buddha's sambodhi. A later stone railing enclosing this shrine survives from the Sunga period (1st century BC). Sanchi and Barhut depict the shrine on several reliefs. The sh...

Buddhism across the grasslands of Chinggis Khan

Chandra, Lokesh

ISBN: 9788177421286, 817742128X

This book is a survey of Buddhist art, literature, monasteries and general history of Mongolian lands, the transcreation of the 6000 plus works in the Kanjur and Tanjur, highlights of Lamaism across the centuries, the writing of 220 philosophical, ritual, hagiographical and historical works under the Manchu dynasty, and so on. The development continued till 1920s when the communists took over. ...

Buddhism among the Turks of Central Asia

Koves, Margit

ISBN: 9788177420876, 8177420879

This book details the history of Turks in Central Asia from their first Empire on the Orkhon River from 546 to 658 AD, the second Empire from 678-747 AD, and the subsequent Uigur States in Kocho, Bisbalyq, East Turkestan and Kansu. It describes the origin and development of the Uigur language, and the formation of written Uigur literature from the oral tradition. The main thrust of the work is ...

Buddhism and Buddhist literature of South-East Asia, selected papers ed. by Claudio Cicuzza

Skilling, Peter

ISBN: 9789746601047, 9746601040

The twelve essays in this volume survey aspects of Buddhism and Buddhist literature in pre-modern South-East Asia and Thailand, drawing on Pali and vernacular texts, liturgy, and inscriptions.

Buddhism and science: selections from the proceedings of the International Conference on Buddhism and Science held on 15-17 Jan. 2009 at CUTS, Sarnath, Varanasi

Roy, Pabitrakumar (ed.)

ISBN: 9788187127994, 8187127996

Buddhism and violence, ed. by Michael Zimmermann with the assistance of Chiew Hui Ho and Philip Pierce

ISBN: 9789994693313, 999469331X

This volume is the outgrowth of a panel on Buddhism and violence at the XIIIth conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, held in Bangkok, December 2002.

Buddhism in Kashmir, foreword by Karan Singh

ISBN: 9788177421194, 8177421190

Contributions by K.L. Dhammajoti, Hongkong; Lalit Gupta, Jammu; Baidyanath Labh, Jammu; Andrea Loseries, Santiniketan; Victoria Lysenko, Moscow; Gulshan Majeed, Srinagar; Barbara Meisterernst, Berlin; Ajay K. Mishra, New Delhi; Wangchuk Dorjee Negi, Leh (Ladakh); Khampo Phanday, Leh; Riyaz Punjabi, New Delhi; K.T.S. Sarao, Delhi; Nirmala Sharma, New Delhi; Shanker Thapa, Kathmandu; Charles Will...

Buddhism, world culture and human values: selections from the proceedings of the international conferences on Buddhism in Asia; Challenges and Prospects; Human values and ........

ISBN: 9788187127918, 8187127910

.. Buddhism and World Culture held at CIHTS, Sarnath, Varanasi, ed. by Pabitrakumar Roy

Buddhism: aesthetics, time and quintessence

Chandra, Lokesh

ISBN: 9788177421019, 8177421018

This volume contains the minor writings of Prof. Lokesh Chandra on Buddhism, the role of women therein, and the opening up to the vast Buddhist literature in the Tibetan Canon.

Buddhism: art and values: a collection of research papers and keynote addresses on the evolution of Buddhist art and thought across the lands of Asia

Chandra, Lokesh

ISBN: 9788177420715, 8177420712

This volume explores the relation of Buddhism to Greek cosmology, its contacts with West Asia, and parallels to Christianity. The interpretation of Adibuddha as a theistic concept has been elucidated. Buddhist period of classical Afghanistan, a new identification of the colossi of Bamiyan, and the 108 symbols on the feet of the Buddhas are the way on the physical and divine planes. Several Khot...

Buddhist and Jaina studies, proceedings of the conference in Lumbini, February 2013, ed. by J. Soni, M. Pahlke & C. Cuppers

ISBN: 9789937553087, 9937553083

The three major areas at the conference were Art and Architecture, Literature and Textual Studies, and Philosophy.

Buddhist art in Tibet: new insights on ancient treasures, a study of paintings and sculptures from 8th to 18th century

Henss, Michael

ISBN: 9788177421224, 8177421220

This book has been prepared with the intention of making available to a wider readership two earlier exhibition and book reviews in a revised and enlarged form with many more illustrations. This format also allows for greater exploration of some of these essential subjects that were raised by the presented material and by its interpretation. By focussing on sculptures and painting it will provi...