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Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship

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Publications

The publication series “Indian and Tibetan Studies” promotes the publication of academic works dealing directly or indirectly with Tibetan Buddhist textual material. Scholars interested to publish their works in the series are welcome to contact us.

For a list of Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Theses submitted at the Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg, click here.

Indian and Tibetan Studies Series – edited by Harunaga Isaacson & Dorji Wangchuk

The Indian and Tibetan Studies Series (IndTib) is a publication of the
Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg. The
series is printed and distributed by BibliaImpex, Delhi. 
BibliaImpex Indian and Tibetan Studies Series.

(1) Kengo Harimoto, God, Reason, and Yoga: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Commentary Ascribed to Śaṅkara on Pātañjalayogaśāstra 1.23–28. Indian and Tibetan Studies 1. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2014. ISBN: 978-3-945151-00-6. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(2) Alexander Schiller, Die “Vier Yoga”-Stufen der Mahāmudrā-Meditationstradition: Eine Anthologie aus den Gesammelten Schriften des Mönchsgelehrten und Yogin Phag mo gru pa rDo rje rgyal po (Kritischer Text und Übersetzung, eingeleitet und erläutert). Indian and Tibetan Studies 2. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2014. ISBN: 978-3-945151-01-3. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(3) Ayako Nakamura, Das Wesen des Buddha-Erwachens in der frühen Yogācāra-Schule. Indian and Tibetan Studies 3. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2016. ISBN: 978-3-945151-02-0. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(4) Orna Almogi, (ed.) Tibetan Manuscript and Xylograph Traditions: The Written Word and Its Media within the Tibetan Cultural Sphere. Indian and Tibetan Studies 4. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2016. ISBN: 978-3-945151-03-7. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(5) Dorji Wangchuk, (ed.) Cross-Cultural Transmission of Buddhist Texts: Theories and Practices of Translation. Indian and Tibetan Studies 5. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2016. ISBN: 978-3-945151-04-4. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(6) Nicola Bajetta, The Clear Realisation of the Quintessential Instructions on All Dharma Practices: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the *Sarvadharmacaryopa-deśābhisamayatantra (Chos spyod thams cad kyi man ngag mngon par rtogs pa’i rgyud) Based on Two Unpublished Manuscripts from the ’Bras-spungs-gnas-bcu-lha-khang. Indian and Tibetan Studies 6. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2019. ISBN: 978-3-945151-05-1. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(7) Torsten Gerloff, Saroruhavajra’s Hevajra-Lineage: A Close Study of the Surviving Sanskrit and Tibetan Works. Part I: Saroruhavajra’s Works & Part II: Commentarial Works. 2 vols. Indian and Tibetan Studies 7. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2020. ISBN: 978-3-945151-06-8 (set). Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex (part 1, part 2).

(8) Orna Almogi, Birds as Ornithologists: Scholarship between Faith and Reason. Intra- and Inter-disciplinary Perspectives. Indian and Tibetan Studies 8. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2020. ISBN: 978-3-945151-07-5. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(9) Orna Almogi, Authenticity and Authentication: Glimpses behind the Scenes of the Formation of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon. Indian and Tibetan Studies 9. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2020. ISBN: 978-3-945151-08-2. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(10) Eva Wilden & Suganya Anandakichenin (eds.), Colophons, Prefaces, Satellite Stanzas: Paratextual Elements and Their Role in the Transmission of Indian Texts. Indian and Tibetan Studies 10. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2020. ISBN: 978-3-945151-09-9. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(11) Dagmar Schwerk, A Timely Message from the Cave: The Mahāmudrā and Intellectual Agenda of dGe-bshes Brag-phug-pa dGe-’dun-rin-chen (1926–1997), the Sixty-Ninth rJe-mkhan-po of Bhutan. Indian and Tibetan Studies 11. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2020. ISBN: 978-3-945151-10-5. Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

(12) Volker Caumanns, Jörg Heimbel, Kazuo Kano & Alexander Schiller (eds.), Gateways to Tibetan Studies: A Collection of Essays in Honour of David P. Jackson on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday, Indian and Tibetan Studies 12.1 & 12.2. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2021. ISBN: 978-3-945151-11-2 (set). Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex (part 1, part 2).

(13) Evolution of Scriptures, Formation of Canons: The Buddhist Case. Indian and Tibetan Studies Series 13. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2022. ISBN: 9783945151129 Order a printed version and/or get a free access version at BibliaImpex.

Former Series Published by the Departmend of Indian and Tibetan Studies:

Contributions to Tibetan Studies Series – edited by David P. Jackson and (since 2009) Franz-Karl Ehrhard

  1. Jan-Ulrich Sobisch, The Three-Vow Theories in Tibetan Buddhism: A Comparative Study of the Major Traditions from the Twelfth through Nineteenth Centuries. Contributions to Tibetan Studies 1. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2002.
  2. Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Die Statue und der Tempel des Ārya Va-ti bzang-po: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte und Geographie des tibetischen Buddhismus. Contributions to Tibetan Studies 2. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2004.
  3. Ingrid Kreide-Damani (ed.), Dating Tibetan Art: Essays on the Possibilities and Impossibilities of Chronology from the Lempertz Symposium, Cologne. Contributions to Tibetan Studies 3. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2003.
  4. Jowita Kramer,Kategorien der Wirklichkeit im früheren Yogācāra: Der Fünf-vastu-Abschnitt in der Viniścayasaṃgrahaṇī der Yogācārabhūmi. Contributions to Tibetan Studies 4. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2005.
  5. Karl-Heinz Everding & Dawa Dargyay Dzongphugpa, Das tibetische Fürstentum La stod lHo (um 1265 bis 1642): Die Geschichte der Herrschaftsbildung nebst einer Edition der Chronik Shel dkar chos ’byung. Contributions to Tibetan Studies 5. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2006.
  6. Jan-Ulrich Sobisch, Hevajra and Lam ’bras Literature of India and Tibet as Seen Through the Eyes of A-myes-zhabs. Contributions to Tibetan Studies 6. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2009.
  7. Carola Roloff, Red mda’ ba: Buddhist Yogi-Scholar of the Fourteenth Century: The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet. Contributions to Tibetan Studies 7. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2009.

Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies Series

  1. J. W. de Jong, The Story of Rāma in Tibet: Text and Translation of Tun-huang Manuscripts. Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies 1. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1989.
  2. David P. Jackson, The ‘Miscellaenous Series’ of Tibetan Texts in the Bihar Research Society, Patna: A Handlist. Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies 2. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1989.
  3. Franz-Karl Ehrhard, „Flügelschläge des Garuḍa“: Literar- und ideengeschichtliche Bemerkungen zu einer Liedersammlung des rDzogs-chen. Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies 3. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990.
  4. David P. Jackson, Two Biographies of Śākyaśrībhadra: The Euology of Khro-phu Lo-tsā-ba and its “Commentary” by bSod-nams-dpal-bzang-po. Text and Variants from two rare Exemplars preserved in the Bihar Research Society, Patna. Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies 4. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990.
  5. Tom J.F. Tillemans, Persons of Authority: The sTon pa tshad ma’i skyes bur sgrub pa’i gtam of A lag sha Ngag dbang bstan dar. A Tibetan Work on the Central Religious Questions in Buddhist Epistemology. Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies 5. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1993.
  6. Felix Erb, Śūnyatāsaptativṛtti: Candrakīrtis Kommentar zu den „Siebzig Versen über die Leerheit“ des Nāgārjuna [Kārikās 1–14]. Einleitung, Übersetzung, textkritische Ausgabe des Tibetischen und Indizes. Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies 6. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1997.
  7. Christoph Cüppers & Per K. Sørensen, A Collection of Tibetan Proverbs and Sayings: Gems of Tibetan Wisdom and Wit. Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies 7. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1998.
  8. Kodo Yotsuya, The Critique of Svatantra Reasoning by Candrakīrti and Tsong-kha-pa: A Study of Philosophical Proof According to Two Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka Traditions of India and Tibet. Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies 8. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1999.