American Institute of Buddhist Studies

A Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts at Columbia University (Book)

David Pingree;Anthony Ueda AkinariChambers

ISBN:9780975373484

This is the only complete catalogue of the nearly four hundred Sanskrit manuscripts contained in the Rare Book Library at Columbia University. The collection is especially strong in works on mathematics and astronomy...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:235

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Attacking an Amorphous Giant: An Introduction to Science Literature And/Or Sastra Literature in Sanskrit (Book)

Ashok Aklujkar

ISBN:9781935011088

The situating and mode of expression of the Sanskritic branches of systematic knowledge ( stras or sciences) are unique among classical languages due to several historical and cultural factors. As a consequence...more details
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Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes: A Study and Annotated Translation of the Madhyantavibhaga, Along with Its Commentary, the Madhyantavibhag (Book)

Eds D'Amato Mario

ISBN:9781935011057

The Madhyantavibhaga is classified by later Indian, Chinese, and Tibetan traditions as belonging to the Yogacara school, and is considered to be one the treatises of Maitreya. The text offers a treatment of some key doctrines of the Mah?y?na...more details
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Epistemology of Perception: Gangesa's Tattvacintamani (Book)

Stephen H Phillips;Arindam Tatacharya N S RamanujaChakrabarti

ISBN:9780975373439

The "Tattva-cinta-mani," or "Jewel of Reflection on the Truth" ( "About Epistemology"), by the great fourteenth-century Indian logician Gangesa Upadhyaya solidified the ''New''( "navya") phase of the ancient Indian Nyaya school of epistemology and metaphysics...more details
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Kalacakra & the Tibetan Calendar (Book)

Edward Henning

ISBN:9780975373491

Kalacakra and the Tibetan Calender describes the contents of current Tibetan almanacs, from basic mathmatics to symbolic and historical information. Essential for understanding the Kalacakra Tantra's first chapter...more details
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Nagarjuna's Reason Sixty with Chandrakirti's Reason Sixty Commentary (Book)

Joseph Loizzo;Thomas F Thurman Robert A FYarnall

ISBN:9780975373422

The "Reason Sixty"is the most concise philosophical work by the second-century Indian Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna. Along with the acclaimed "Reason Sixty Commentary" by the seventh-century Centrist master Candrakirti...more details
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Ratnakirti's Proof of Momentariness by Positive Correlation(ksanabhangasiddhi Anvayatmika): Transliteration, Translation, and Philosophic Commentary

Joel Feldman

ISBN:9781935011064

The Ksanabhangasiddhi is a masterpiece of skillful reasoning by the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist philosopher Ratnakirti. This renowned scholar was a professor at the great Buddhist University of Vikrama la...more details
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Scholastic Sanskrit: A Handbook for Students (Book)

Gary A Tubb;Emery R Boose

ISBN:9780975373477

This volume gives a complete introduction to the techniques and procedures of Sanskrit commentaries, including detailed information on the overall structure of running commentaries...more details
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The Cakrasamvara Tantra (the Discourse of Sri Heruka): Editions of the Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts

David B Gray

ISBN:9781935011040

This is a companion volume to the author's study and translation of The Cakrasamvara Tantra (AIBS 2007). It includes an introductory essay on the textual history of the Cakrasamvara Tantra...more details
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The Cakrasamvara Tantra: The Discourse of Sri Heruka: Sriherukabhidhana: A Study and Annotated Translation (Book)

David B Gray;Thomas F Yarnall

ISBN:9780975373460

This is the first complete, critical English translation of the "Cakrasamvara Tantra," also known as the "Sriherukabhidhana" and "Laghusamvara." Composed in India during the eighth century...more details
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The Kalacakratantra: The Chapter on the Individual Together with the Vimalaprabha (Book)

Vesna A Wallace

ISBN:9780975373415

This is the first complete English translation of the second chapter of the esoteric Buddhist "Kalacakratantra" text, and its eleventh-century commentary...more details
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The Range of the Bodhisattva, the Teachings of the Nirgrantha Satyaka (Book)

Lozang Jamspal

ISBN:9781935011071

This is a study and translation of the Mahayana Sutra, Bodhisattvagocara, which contains one of the only Buddhist teachings extant on what might be called a "Buddhist theory of national defense." It contains a dialogue between Sakyamuni Buddha and the Nirgrantha sage...more details
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Tsong Khapa's "Illumination of the Hidden Meaning": Mandala, Mantra, and the Cult of the Yognis: A Study and Annotated Translation of Chapters 1-24 of (Book)

David B Gray

ISBN:9781935011095

This is the first in a two-volume annotated translation of Tsong Khapa's "Illumination of the Hidden Meaning" ( "sbas don kun sel"). A magnificent and massive commentary on the "Cakrasamvara Tantra...more details
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Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahayanasutralamkara)

Robert Thurman;The Aibs TeamAsanga

ISBN:9780975373408

This is a fully annotated, critical English translation of Maitreyanatha's "Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahayanasutralamkara)," as transmitted to the fourth-century Indian Buddhist scholar-adept Arya Asanga...more details
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