Bulletin of Tibetology

NEW SERIES 1990 No. 1-3

9 November 1990 SIKKIM RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TIBETOLOOY GANGTOK, INDIA - The Bulletin ofTibetology seeks to serve the specialist as well as the general reader with an interest in this field of study. The motif portraying the Stupa on the mountains suggests the dimensions of the field -

EDnORS JAMPAL K. RECHUNG KUNGA YONTEN HOCHaISANG BHAJAGOVINDA GHOSH Bulletin of Tibetology

NEW SERIES 1990 No. 1-3

9 November 1990 SIKKIM RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TIBETOLOGY GANGTOK, INDIA LCHAGS-RTA : LHABAB DUECHBN 9 November 1990

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Page 1 SAKY AMUNI'S FINAL NIRVANA - David L. Snellgrove 5 2 BUDDHARUPA -- OBSERVATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF BUDDHA IMAGE - Ninnal C. Sinha 18 3 HINAY ANA AND MAHAYANA - A BROAD OUTLINE - Anukul Chandra Banerjee 23 4 VAIDURYA - Marianne Winder 27 5 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE BUDDlllST AND THE NAlY AYIKA PHILOSOPHERS - A BRIEF SURVEY - Dr. Sanjit Kumar Sadhukhan 39 6 THE BUDDlllST PAINTINGS AND ICONOGRAPHY ACCORDING TO TIBETAN SOURCES - J.K. Rechung 55 7 NOTES & TOPICS - H.R. Bhattacharyya 65 CONTRmUTORS IN THIS ISSUE: DAVID L. SNELLGROVE, Fellow of the British Academy. formerly Professor of Tibetan. the School of Oriental and African Studies. . Had travelled extensively in India and Nepal. made critical studies of the Hevajra-Tantra on the basis of extant Sanskrit mss and Tibetan version. Made Critical study on early Religion of -Bon. General Editor of internationally recognized book THE IMAGE OF THE BUDDHA - The gradual Evolution of Buddhist Iconography discussed with strange clarity. NIRMAL . CHANDRA SINHA, Founder Director, Sikldm Research Institute of Tibetology; recipient of PADMASRI Award 1971; recipient of Asiatic Society Bi-Centenary PLAQUE 1986; was Centenary Professor at Calcutta University:. Department of History. ANUKUL CHANDRA BANERJEE, MA .• U.B .• Ph.D., FAS., FRAS.(Lon) Formerly Director, SikkimResearch Institute of Tibetology Gangtokfor some years. An internationally famed scholar in . MARIANNE WINDER, born in , Czechoslovakia. Came to England in 1929. Graduated at London University (BA) and Nottingham University (M.A.) Curator of Oriental Books and Manuscripts and subsequently Consultant at Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. One time Editor of the Buddhist Journal THE MIDDLE WAY. Her translation of Edward Conze's BUDDHIST TEXTS THROUGH THE AGES into German and published in 1957 by the Fischer Bucherei (No. 144). Collaborated with the Ven. Rechung Rinpoche on his book on Tibetan Medicine. Published articles on Paracelsus and Renaissance Medicine and on Tibetan and other traditional Medicine. SANJIT KUMAR SADHUKHAN, MA. Ph.D. Made critical study in Brahmanic and Buddhist Logic, passed certificate in Tibetan. Calcutta University. Compi/ed Descriptive Catalogue of Tibetan Mss., xylograph. National Ubrary and Calcutta University. specialised on Buddhist Logic. Working on reconstruction of Buddhist logical text Pramana-viniscaya from its extant Tibetan version. Presently working in West Bengal Govt Press, Alipore, Calcutta. JAMPAL KUNZANG RECHUNG Comes of the Yabshi Phuenkhang House. Lhasa; had higher studies in Drepung Monastic University of Loting Datsang and was conferred the title of Geshe Lharampa; had studied modern subjects in India. Holland and England collaborating with Tibetologists; currently Director, Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology. Author of Tibetan Medicine.

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