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My, what loose robes you have 29 Jan 2013 | 01:39 pm
bhikṣo kanthā ślathā te nanu śapharavadhe jālikaiṣātsi matsyāṃs te 'mī madyāvadaṃśāḥ pibasi madhu samaṃ veśyayā yāsi veśyām | dattvārīṇāṃ gale 'ṅghriṃ kimu tava ripavo bhittibhettāsmi yeṣāṃ cauras tva...
Vilāsavajra's Jñānapāda quotation traced 19 Oct 2012 | 03:33 am
This has been giving me headaches for a while. As already noted by Anthony Tribe in his thesis (The Names of Wisdom. A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of Chapters 1-5 of Vilāsavajra's Comme...
Tsong kha pa's definition of man ngag (upadeśa) 22 Feb 2012 | 10:16 am
Ever wondered what those mysterious "oral teachings" are? Are they things that are never ever revealed anywhere in writing? Apparently not, at least that is what Tsong kha pa seems to think. de'i phy...
Indian Buddhist Biographies (1) 16 Jan 2012 | 08:56 am
This very interesting blog entry posted on earlyTibet kickstarted some thoughts about Indian Buddhist biographies. I could not come up with that many off the top of my head, so Sam's assertion, namely...
Mahāpratisarā Mahāvidyārājñī (Hidas 2011) 6 Jan 2012 | 07:00 am
After many years of work, the critical edition of the Mahāpratisarā ("The Great Amulet, Great Queen of Spells") is finally out as the 636th volume of the Śatapiṭaka series.
Papers of Brian H. Hodgson 29 Jul 2011 | 08:34 am
A wonderful, much-awaited catalogue.
Lost and found 25 Jun 2011 | 09:58 am
[Make sure you read the UPDATE below] First of all, a small rant. Why can we not have something like this for Sanskrit manuscripts? Hats off to Prof. Witkam, especially since he scanned this book as w...
Woe unto you, scribes 22 Jun 2011 | 09:08 am
Another Prajñāpāramitā ms., source here. I have just finished reading "Bengal, Bihar, Nepal? Problems of provenance in 12th-century illuminated Buddhist manuscripts" published in two parts in Orienta...
Help with numbers 18 Jun 2011 | 04:53 am
Dear readers, I would really appreciate if you could give an honest opinion about this image. For the time being I will not reveal where it is from because I do not want to influence your judgement (...
Nice verses on a vidyādhara 12 Jun 2011 | 06:49 am
Third-type vidyādharas? Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. I came across these nice verses in the Pṛthivīrājavijaya of Jayānaka (ed. Ojhā). One of Pṛthivīrāja's ancestors is hunting in the forest when he come...
