Religious Studies

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...

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,...

Das unverrückbar Heilige – Jerusalems Loca Sancta in der Kreuzfahrerzeit

Jerusalem's immovable loca sancta - the places sanctified by Christ's presence - were last fundamentally remodelled in the Crusader period, adapting them to the demands of the new...

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...

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...

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...

Orientalische Bibelhandschriften aus der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK / Oriental Bible Manuscripts from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK

Eine illustrierte Geschichte / An Illustrated History

The collection of Oriental manuscripts at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz forms with its 42,000 volumes one of the most significant collections of its...

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...

South Arabia and its Neighbours. Phenomena of Intercultural Contacts

14. Rencontres Sabéennes

The 14th volume in the series “Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen”, presents the proceedings of the 14th Rencontres Sabéennes which took place in Berlin 2010. The main theme of...

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

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...

Divrigi

Unterwegs zur türkischen Mystik in Stein

Since the medieval building complex consisting of the Friday mosque and the psychiatric hospital was declared “World Cultural Heritage Site” in 1986 the small provincial town of...

Scribes, Texts, and Rituals in Early Tibet and Dunhuang

Proceedings of the Third Old Tibetan Studies Panel held at the Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Vancouver 2010

This volume presents new findings and original research concerning early Tibet and the social and the Tibetan Empire (c. 600–850 CE). Demonstrating the methodological breadth of...

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...

Die Christianisierung der Städte der Provinz Scythia Minor

Ein Beitrag zum spätantiken Urbanismus auf dem Balkan

Until the 7th century, the province Scythia Minor, situated between the mouth of the Danube and the Western shore of the Black Sea, was an important military and ecclesiopolitical...

Villa und christlicher Kult auf der Iberischen Halbinsel in Spätantike und Westgotenzeit

This volume examines important complexes of late antique and Visigothic villas in rural areas throughout the Iberian peninsula with regard to the process of Christianization,...

Frühe Quellen zum buddhistischen Stufenweg in Tibet

Indische und tibetische Traditionen im »dPe chos« des Po-to-ba Rin-chen-gsal

During the 11th and 12th centuries, Tibetan culture underwent fundamental changes. It was during this period that Buddhism became firmly rooted on the Tibetan plateau and its...