Bhaviveka and his Buddhist opponents

Eckel, Malcolm David

Bhaviveka was a Buddhist philosopher who gave distinctive account of Madhyamaka philosophy, a philosophy that shaped Buddhist thought in India.

Bhesajjamanjusa, Paddhati 1-18, Devanagari edition, with a foreword by Dipak Kumar Barua and intro. in English.

Kumar, Bimalendra

ISBN: 9788177421514, 8177421514

The Bhesajjamanjusa, composed in Sri Lanka in the thirteenth century is the only known medical work available in Pali. It has drawn from about eighty medical treatises, some of which are Astangahrdaya, Astangasamgraha, Susrutasamhita, Carakasamhita, Siddhasara, Madhavanidana. It contains materials for study of bio-medical ethics, ethno-medicine, ethno-botany, medical anthropology, Pali lexicogr...

Bibliography on Buddhism, ed. by The Commemoration Committee for Prof. Shinsho Hanayama's Sixty First Birthday, Tokyo, 1961

Hanayama, Shinsho

ISBN: 9788188643158, 8188643157

This book is the best reference work for articles and books on Buddhism written during the last two centuries: the 19th and 20th. With 15073 entries, it is a sine qua non for any scholar working on Buddhist art, philosophy, literature, history and of any Buddhist country.

Bibliotheca Buddhica: a century of edifying tales, belonging to the Hinayana, 30 vols. in 32 parts

Tekstov, Sobranie Buddijskich

ISBN: 9788120809765, 8120809769

It is the most prestigious series of original Buddhist texts belonging mostly to Mahayana. It was started at the turn of the century by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.

Bodhi: recent studies in Pali Buddhism, ed. by Bimalendra Kumar et al.

ISBN: 9789380550381, 9380550383

This volume consists of twenty-five papers on different topics of Buddhist studies in general and Pali Buddhism in particular.

Bodhicharyavatar of Acharya Shantideva, with Bhot-version, Hindi-tr. and comm. by Rama Samkara Tripathi

ISBN: 9789383802036, 9383802030

Bodhidharma: Mahayana Zen Buddhism: a collection of stories from Chinese literature, Gen. ed. G John Samuel

Kambe, Tsutomu

ISBN: 9788187892519, 818789251X

Life story of an Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma (c.445-536 CE) who went to China in the first quarter of the sixth century.

Bodhisattva doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit literature

Dayal, Har

ISBN: 9788120812574, 8120812573

Bodhisiri: a festschrift to Annapareddy Venkateswara Reddy (Buddhaghoshudu)

Reddy, Chenna et al ed.

ISBN: 9788189131753, 8189131753

This volume contains valuable articles on the Buddhist sites, monuments, art, architecture, language, literature and philosophy, thus reflecting multiplicity of thoughts of more scholars, eminent personalities in their fields of specialisation.

Bodily self-sacrifice in Indian Buddhist literature

Ohnuma, Reiko

ISBN: 9788120833609, 8120833600

This is the first comprehensive study of a central narrative theme in pre-modern South Asian Buddhist literature, the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice during his previous lives as a Bodhisattva.

A book of Buddhist symbolism and icons

Srivastava, Kamal S

On the iconographic aspects of Buddhism and to promote a comprehensive survey of the history, significance, philosophy, symbolism, variety and impact of Buddhist iconography.

Brahma Sri: researches in archaeology, history and culture in the new millennium, Dr. P.V. Parabrahma Sastry felicitation volume, 2 vols

Chenna Reddy, Pedarapu (b.1959)

ISBN: 9788188934164, 818893416X

The 59 papers included in this volume deal with a variety of themes and disciplines such as archaeology, rock art, temple art and architecture, iconography, epigraphy and numismatics, Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina religion and philosophy, Indian literature of various periods, folklore, new history and contemporary social issues.

Universal message of Buddhist tradition: with special reference to Pali literature

Tripathi, Radhavallabh (ed.)

ISBN: 9788186111369, 8186111360

Articles presented in the Conference held on 22-24 September 2009 in Hindi and English organised by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi and scholars from India, Thailand, Cambodia etc. attended.

The Buddha and the conception of freedom

Kalupahana, David J

ISBN: 9789556630657, 9556630651

A detailed discussion on the conception of freedom, as it relates to differant areas such as epistemology, metaphysics, psychology, ethics, society and language, as found in the Buddha's teachings.

The Buddha before Buddhism: wisdom from the early teachings

Fronsdal, Gil

ISBN: 9789386867292, 938686729X

The book is an elegant translation of Buddhist poems from the Atthakavagga or The Book of Eights, which is believed to be part of the Buddha's first teachings.

Buddha nature, mind and problem of gradualism in a comparative perspective: on the transmission and reception of Buddhism in India and Tibet

Ruegg, David Seyfort

ISBN: 9788170261766, 8170261767

Investigates a pair of themes in Buddhist thought by considering, in historical and comparative outline, their treatment in some traditions of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Refers also to parallels in non-Buddhist Indian thought (Brahmanism and Jainism) and in Chinese Buddhism.;

Buddha-Vijaya-Kaavya (Sanskrit and Hindi translation), written and ed. by Shanti Bhikshu Shastri

The Buddha: his nirvana and Mahaparinirvana

Krishna Murthy, K et al.

ISBN: 9788185067940, 8185067945

Contents: (i)The Buddha and his life events (ii)Meaning of Nirvana (iii)Nirvana in Buddhist art (iv)The evening of his career (v)The Mahaparinirvana (vi)Funerary ceremony (vii)The Mahaparinirvana in plastic art (viii)The Worlds of Buddhism (ix)The spreadof Budhism.

Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva path

Analayo

ISBN: 9783897334151, 3897334151

This study is a follow-up of the author's earlier work: The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal. In the present study, he turns to the bodily dimension of the same trajectory, in particular to the thirty-two marks as the embodiment of the Buddhahood.

Buddhavacana, ed. by Sanjib Kumar Das et al

ISBN: 9789380852874, 9380852878

The book contains fifteen articles on important and demanding topics of Buddhist doctrine and philosophy from scholars.