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Re-enacting the Past
A Cultural History of the School of gTsang smyon Heruka
This book is devoted to the study of the so-called “School of gTsang smyon,” i.e. the religious community that gathered around the Tibetan master gTsang smyon Heruka (1452–1507)....
The Life and Works of Karma ’phrin las pa (1456–1539)
Nonsectarian Scholar Mystic of Southern Tibet
Among the so-called learned and accomplished masters of Tibet’s “long 15th century”, the First Karma ’phrin las pa stands out as influential commentator on Saraha’s Dohā, great...
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Beiträge zur turko-iranischen Welt von der Islamisierung bis zur Gegenwart
Being case studies, the contributions to this volume highlight various aspects of the Turco-Iranian world starting from the Islamization in the 7th century up to the present day....
Visionserwartung
Visualisierung und Präsenzerfahrung des Göttlichen in der Spätantike
The book identifies the central role of the visions of God in late antique society, arguing that expectation of visions (“Visionserwartung”) structured much of late antique life....
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...
History Making in Central and Northern Eurasia
Contemporary Actors and Practices
This volume seeks to extend our understanding of how knowledge about the past was and is being produced in central and northern Eurasia. Its authors use the methods of several...
Bukharan Jews in the Soviet Union
Autobiographical Narrations of Mobility, Continuity and Change
Each of the autobiographical narrations presented in this study on Bukharan Jews is unique. Seen collectively, they amount to a comprehensive survey of Bukharan Jewish experiences...
Hiob zwischen Selbstbezichtigung und Protest
Gedichte aus Mittelasien (19. bis 20. Jahrhundert)
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In mehreren Handschriften überliefert sind Ghasele und andere Gedichte von einem Dichter, der sich Ayyub (Hiob)...
Saints cavaliers
Culte et images en Géorgie aux IVe–XIe siècles
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This is the first archeological, iconographical and hagiological study, based on the unpublished archaeological...
Lokale und imperiale Herrschaft im Iran des 12. Jahrhunderts
Herrschaftspraxis und Konzepte
How is political rule organised? Top-down, in a process of delegation? Or are there other forms and can local rulers take their position without being legitimised from above,...
The Illuminating Mirror
Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday
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Die Festschrift umfasst 33 internationale Beiträge von Kollegen und Wegbegleitern von Per K. Sørensen, einer der...
Editor: Tandaschwili, Manana; Gippert, Jost
Translated by: Kamarauli, Luka
Der Pass der Flüchtlinge
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Als Ende der 1980er Jahre die Sowjetunion auseinanderfiel und sich aus den ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken neue,...
Shakya-mchog-ldan, Mahapandita des Klosters gSer-mdog-can
Leben und Werk nach den tibetischen Quellen
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gSer-mdog Paṇ-chen Shākya-mchog-ldan (1428-1507) gilt westlichen Tibetologen als eine der herausragenden...
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
Von Heiligen, Rittern und Narren
Mediävistische Studien für Hans-Joachim Behr zum 65. Geburtstag
This Festschrift, published on the occasion of Hans-Joachim Behr’s 65th birthday, offers a wide range of contributions by renowned scholars of medieval studies as well as...
Geschichte des frühen Christentums heute
Traditionen - Hintergründe - Aktuelle Fragen
The basic decisions which were taken in the time of the early Christianity determine the history of the church up to the presence. Duty of this book is it, in narrative technique,...
Konversion in Räumen jüdischer Geschichte
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Der Band dokumentiert die Beiträge der wissenschaftlichen Tagung ‚Konversion in Räumen jüdischer Geschichte‘....
Zum Begriff ’namarupa:’
Das Individuum im Pali-Kanon
Nāmarūpa (literally “name and form”) is widely known as a Buddhist term used to denote the the five “groups” (P. khandhas, Sk. skandhas) of which the individual is said to consist...