The rich artistic heritage of Tibet stems from the depths of the meditations of great masters. It translated into them an elaborate symbolic system that takes the form of three-dimensional images or two-dimensional

Tibetan Art

Lokesh Chandra

Arts & Photography

Konecky&Konecky

China as we know is a great civilization and Xuazang's (who is popularly known as Hsuan-tsang) visit to Indian was a great event. The noted Chinese traveler and Buddhist pilgrim, Xuanzang, reached Indian in AD 630, having undertaken arduous journey across central Asia. A Chinese emperor called him "the jewel of the empire." nearly fourteen years of his life (from AD 630 to AD 644) were spent visiting Buddhist temples and monasteries, cities and places of interest in the Indian subcontinent. He was a keen observer of men and affairs. Apart from being a devout monk, he has left behind a fascinating and authentic account of India's history, geography, economy, and society of the times when King Harsha (AD 606-47) ruled over Northen India. This volume contains articles on the life and achievement of Xuanzang. Dharmamaster Xuanzang came to India particularly in search of Buddhist texts which were not available in China. He studies his favourite text Yogacarabhumisastra under the famous teacher Shilabhadra of Nalanda. He was a great recorded of historical sites of the Silk Route. His description of the Silk Route countries in Afghanistan and Gandhara are valuable for the political and cultural history of these lands. The study of bamiyan monasteries and colossal Buddhas have inspired Art historians to make a thorough study of the Cultural history of Afghanistan. The articles in this present volume show; through wide range of studies, not only Xuanzang's love and knowledge of Buddhism, but only an account of various countries and their cultural heritage.

Xuanzang & the Silk Route

History

Asia

Munshirm Manoharlal

Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography, Vol. 3

Reference

Aditya Prakashan,India

Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography, Vol. 5

Aditya Prakashan

The Esoteric Icongraphy of Japanese Mandalas

International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan

Dictionary of Buddhist iconography, Vol.10: Ra-Sakyamitra

Aditya Prakashan New Delhi

This volumes narrates the shared culture of India and Indonesia for fifteen centuries in the domains of polity and societal norms, language and literature, architectonics and aesthetics. This inter-flow began in the first century but is documented by the inscriptions of Mulavarman and Purnavarnam around 400 AC. Indonesia shared with India words and kavyas, Mahabharata and Ramayana, Saiva and Buddhist philosophy, wayang and lakons, sculptures and paintings, dance and music. From the Classical centuries down to the hymn to Merdeka 'Freedom' from Sanskrit Maharddika, to the architectural wonders of Prambanan and Borobudur, or the jottings and sketch of President Sukarno in the diary of Prof. Raghu Vira are a panoramic view. In the words of Toynbee "Borobudur holds my heart: it is a holy of holies for me". A new interpretation of the reliefs of the Borobudur enriches the chapter on 'Buddhist monuments, texts and icons'. Continuation of the Kawi-Sanskrit heritage in modern names and in Bahasa Indonesia in general, 'Sanskrit in Indonesia' by Prof. Jan Gonda and its translation in Bahasa by Prof. Harimurti Kridalaksana, the letters of the alphabet as auspiciousness - recall the rich intensity of the Hindu-Javanese tradition. Ramayana Kakawin in its Zen-like simplicity, as reliefs at Prambanan, as a guide to good governance in the advice of President Suharto, in the wayang ballet which moved Charles Chaplin to say "dying at such a moment could only mean one thing: happiness", or in the comparative study of the OJ and Sanskrit versions - all create the mindscape of valorisation , Mahabharata in the literary and performing arts, or new treatises like 'The Pious Bhima' (Bima Suci), cleaning the village and Mahabharata are presented here as the multiple aspects of what Prof. Supomo treated "Javanisation of the Bharata and the Sanskritisation of Java". Chapters on 'Exploring Old Javanese literature' (poetry, didactics, grammar, purana, Chandahkarana: the art of writing poetry), 'Bali: the Isle of Temples', historic and linguistic heritage of Malaysia and Philippines, illumine the thought of the Golden Isles.  The book is a homage to the extensive field-work and intensive researchers of Prof. Raghu Vira, his children, disciples and friends; Indian, Indonesians and Europeans. It investigates the diverse vicissitudes of cultural history as a unique phenomenon of two cousin cultures. The sky-kissing candis, kakawins, parwas, wayangs are melodies that resonate in the carnival of time and in the kiss of the Eternal. Here you may hear the conch shell resounding on the coconut leaves on the shores of the seas sanctified by the Temple of Varuna, the only one in the world.

Lord Siva and Buddha in the Golden Isles: In Search of Classical Indonesia

Karanda-vyuha is a major sutra devoted to Avalokitesvara who embodies the fundamental aspect of Buddhism.

Karanda Vyuha Sutra

The Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography is an endeavour of half a century to identify, classify, describe and delineate the bewildering variation in Buddhist icons.

Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography, Vol. 1

Roma and the Steel Route

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