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Miniaturen mittelalterlicher Kalpasutra-Handschriften
Eine ikonographische Betrachtung mit kultur- und religionsgeschichtlichen Anmerkungen
The focus of this study on Indian book illumination are the miniatures of six Jain Kalpasūtra manuscripts produced in western India (Gujarat and Rajasthan) as well as in Jaunpur,...
Editor: Cicuzza, Claudio
A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection
Volume 1
We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...
Editor: Cicuzza, Claudio
A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection
Volume 2
We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...
Editor: Cicuzza, Claudio
A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection
Volume 3
We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...
Searching for the Dharma, Finding Salvation – Buddhist Pilgrimage in Time and Space
Proceedings of the Workshop "Buddhist Pilgrimage in History and Present Times" at the Lumbini International Research Institute (LIRI), Lumbini, 11 -13 January 2010
Die Hagiographie des La phyi ba Nam mkha’ rgyal mtshan (1372 bis 1437)
Eine Studie über das Leben eines tibetischen Heiligen
This is the life story of a saint who is deemed to be the reincarnation of the most famous Tibetan hermit, rJe btsun Mi la ras pa. Due to his more than three-decades long abode in...
Building the Sherpa’s New Present in the Age of Globalization
The construction of a novel tradtion as well as a collective Sherpa identity in a new place through the performance of Tibetan Buddhist ritual celebrations: a close look at the present revitalisation of Sherpa Buddhism, culture, and society
The central concern of this book is a detailed examination of both the strategy and the means employed whereby the Sherpas have been successfully managing the creation of a novel...
The Life of the Buddha
Buddhist and Saiva Iconography and Visual Narratives in Artists’ Sketchbooks from Nepal
This book describes, analyses and reproduce line drawings from two manuscripts and a related section from a third manuscript. These are:
1. Manuscript M.82.169.2, preserved in...
The Baloch and Others
Linguistic, Historical and Socio-Political Perspectives on Pluralism in Balochistan
Throughout history Balochistan has been an important contact zone between the Indian Subcontinent and the Iranian Plateau. Today Balochistan is a land divided among several...
Seals, Sealings and Tokens from Gandhara
Ancient seals say much about people, their names, preferred styles and self-esteem. Over many decades Aman ur Rahman has built a large collection of seals from North-Western...
Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie
Jahrbuch der Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Band 2
The subjects of volume 2 of the „Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie“ (BIKA, Contributions to Islamic Art History and Archaeology) include architecture, painting,...
Buddhist Iconography and Ritual in Paintings and Line Drawings from Nepal
This book is divided into three sections. The first section introduces one specific tradition of Siddhas transmitted by artists from Nepal. This artistic legacy, which is related...
Literarische Stoffe und ihre Gestaltung in mitteliranischer Zeit
Kolloquium anlässlich des 70. Geburtstages von Werner Sundermann
The book contains 21 contributions to a colloquium held in March 2006 in honour of W. Sundermann and dealing with various aspects of the literatures in the Middle Iranian...
Coins and Tokens from Ancient Ceylon
Ancient Ruhuna. Sri Lanka-German Archaeological Project in the Southern Province. Vol. 2. Ed. by H.-J. Weisshaar, S. Dissanayake and W. Wijeyapala
Coins are a principal source to elucidate both the pattern of trade between Sri Lanka and the western world in late antiquity and the island’s monetary and economic history. The...
Rare Texts from Tibet
Seven Sources for the Ecclesiastic History of Medieval Tibet
A preliminary perusal of a puplished set of rare and old bKa’-brgyud-pa manuscript texts that recently surfaces in Lhasa - collected and published under the cover-title „dPal ’Bri...
In cooperation with: Gren-Eklund, Gunilla
The Baloch and Their Neighbours
Ethnic and Linguistic Contact in Balochistan in Historical and Modern Times
The present volume contains the contributions of an international symposium on linguistic contact in Balochistan. The issues treated range from linguistic contact of Balochi and...
Historiographie als Sinnstiftung
Indo-persische Geschichtsschreibung während der Mogulzeit (932 bis 1118/1516 bis 1707)
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Diese Monographie stellt 23 ausgewählte historiographische Texte aus der Zeit der in Indien vom 16. bis zum 18....
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