Arhat: sraman-sukta kavya (in Hindi)

Ahmad, Bashir 'Mayukh'

Northern frontiers of Buddhism: Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kalmykia, Tibet, China, Mongolia and Siberia

23cm.

The life and work of Auleshi: Sherpa Buddhist artist and adept, with translations by Tib Shelf

Tengye, Ngawang et al.

ISBN: 9789937624350, 9937624355

5 contribution in English and Tibetan text of the life of Auleshi. The snerpa Buddhist monk Ngawang Lekshe (1913-1983), known as Auleshi, occupies a unique place in the history of Buddhism in 20th century Nepal.

The Kalacakra Tantra, Vol.1, translation, annotation and commentary

Kumar, Niraj

ISBN: 9788124610695, 812461069X

ISBN: 9788124610701 (set). The Kalacakra Tantra was the last major Tantrik text written in India before the decline of Buddhism. The book has left indelible influence over different regions of Asia in last thousand years of its journey. Apart from the Vimalprabha commentary composed during the mid-11th century, there is no verse by verse commentary available to the general reader. The author ha...

The art and culture of south-east Asia: a tribute to Late Dr. Mrs. Sharada Rani

ISBN: 9788185179735, 8185179735

A volume dedicated to the many-splendoured culture of Indonesia with contributions by scholars from Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Soviet Union, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States of America. It deals with music and magic, law and jurisprudence, visual performances and sculptural representations, text and temple, Saivism and Buddhism, poetry and cano...

Buddhist heritage of Ladakh

Rinpoche, Lama Gangchen Tulku et al

ISBN: 9788171399642, 8171399649

This handbook deals with the history, geography, wildlife, language, people, culture, art and handicrafts, tourism, monasteries of Ladakh besides the history of Buddhism including the middle path Buddhahood, Bodhisattva, timeline, texts, criticism and research related to cultural heritage of Ladakh in general and of Buddhist heritage in particular.

Art from the Himalayas & China

Pal, Pratapaditya

ISBN: 9780300099263, 0300099266

The lavishly illustrated book is the second in a series of three cataloguing the Asian art collection at the Norton Simon Museum. This volume focuses on sculptures and paintings from the Indian states of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh as well as the countries of Nepal, Tibet, and China. These works date from the fifth to the twentieth century.

The art of awakening: a user's guide to Tibetan Buddhist art and practice

Lhadrepa, Konchog et al.

ISBN: 9788174722362, 817472236X

This work, based on the author's landmark Tibetan text, The Path to Liberation, includes basic Buddhist teaching and practices, clearly pointing out the relevance of these for both the sacred artist and the practitioner, along with an overview of the history and iconography of Buddhist art.

Art of Bengal: the sculptures of the Mahananda-Karatoya valley, Vol. 2, 2nd to 12th century

ISBN: 9788190137126, 8190137123

The present volume is about the Buddhist and the Jaina sculptures of the Mahananda-karatoya valley, the two ancient rivers considered as one of the most urbanised regions of Eastern India in ancient and medieval times.

The art of Buddhism: an introduction to its history and meaning

Leidy, Denise Patry

ISBN: 9781590306703, 1590306708

This book offers a lucid pilgrimage through the art of Buddhist enlightenment, from the vivacious, dawn-fresh sculptural traditions of ancient India up to the threshold of the globalist twentieth century.

Art of Isurumuniya

Wikramagamage, Chandra

ISBN: 9789559640882, 9559640887

Isurumuniya is one of the most popular monasteries in the sacred city of Anuradhapura because of its natural setting and superb stone sculpture.

Art of the ancient Sinhalese, 2nd ed.

Paranavitana, Senerat

ISBN: 9789559170556, 9559170554

The examples of Dravidian art and architecture found in Ceylon follow the lines of those in South India, and scarcely add anything to what we learn by a study of the great monuments of that art in India. The distinctive contribution which Ceylon has to make to a study of the art of India, or of Asia as a whole, lies therefore in the art of the Sinhalese.

Art of Tibet

Fisher, Robert E.

ISBN: 9780500203088, 0500203083

The book focuses on the inextricably intertwined relationship between the art and the spiritual life of the region, from the Potala in Lhasa to painting, sculpture, manuscripts, silk embroidery and its highly developed tradition of portraiture and ritual objects, Tibet's unique artistic culture is vividly presented in this compelling study.

Art of Tibetan rock painting, comp. by the administration Commission of Cultural Relics of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, by Li Yongxian et al.

ISBN: 9787220025716, 7220025718

The book is compiled on the basis of the field archaeological investigations which have been carried out in recent years by Tibetan and Han archaeologists under the leadership of the Administrative Committee of Cultural Relics of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. All the materials about rock paintings are got during the process of on-the-spot investigations and most of them are presented to the re...

Arthaviniscaya-sutra and its commentary (Nibandhna), written by Bhiksu Viryasridatta of Sri Nalandavihara, critically edited and annotated for the first time with introd. and.....

...several indices, by N.H. Samtani, foreword by P.V. Bapat.;;;An important philosophical text on Buddhism. Written in classical Sanskrit with occasional deviations from Paninian rules, the work explains many of the important concepts and terms of the Buddhism.

The arts of Hinduism, Buddhism & Zen: Its religious beliefs & philosophy

Ross, Nancy Wilson

ISBN: 9788182904118, 8182904110

Arya Dravida Vidyaraja: `Phags pa' gro ldin ba'i rig snags kyi rgyal po, Tibetan text with tr. into English and introduction

De, Bhakti (ed)

A Tibetan work dealing with what is called Dramilavidya, an obscure cult of Indian Tantrika and is a valuable contribution to Tibetan studies.

Arya Sri Astasahasrika Prajnaparamitasutram, with Abhisamayalamkaraloka Prajnaparamita vyakhya of Acharya Haribhadra, tr. into Sanskrit and Nepalbhasa by Divyavraja Vrajacharya,...

... ed. by Herakaji Vrajacharya ;;This Sutra on the perfection of wisdom contains 8000 slokas and is considered to be the oldest among the Prajnaparamita literature.

Aryamajnusrimulakalpa, ed. by T. Ganapati Sastri, 3 vols.

The Aryamanjusrimulakalpa (Sanskrit), ed. with introduction in English by T. Ganapatisastri

A valuable Budhist Agama work belonging to 8th cent., dealing with Mantric texts of Kumara Manjusri Bodhisattva Mahasattva.