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CONTENTS
01. An Introduction
JEANNINE BISCHOFF 1
02. Spiritual masters and master copies on the move
ORNA ALMOGI 5
03. Yantra Yoga??Phrul ?khor movements beyond deity and mandala
SAADET ARSLAN 27
04. Two Ladakhi accounts of the enthronement of Maharaja Pratap Singh of Jammu
& Kashmir in 1886
JOHN BRAY and D. GONKATSANG 43
05. Ram Bahadur Bomjon: a new Buddha in the making (Nepal)?
KATIA BUFFETRILLE 71
06. Engaging the senses in the Tibetan tantric ?Major Practice Session? (sgrub chen )
CATHY CANTWELL 85
07. Appearances can be deceptive: the case of Ngmpp At 61/21
MICHELA CLEMENTE 103
08. Maudgaly? yana rettet seine Mutter aus der H?lle zur tibetischen
?berlieferung der Erz?hlung
SIGLINDE DIETZ und HELMUT EIMER 123
09. China?s Narrative of Tibet
LOBSANG DIKY 139
10. Tibet und Japan w?hrend der letzten Phase der russischen Expansion in Asien
KARL-HEINZ GOLZIO und G?NTHER DISTELRATH 151
11. Rope sliding and pole swirling in Lhasa: some remarks on the acrobatic
performances of the traditional Gyalpo Losar
THIERRY DODIN 185
12. A note on the canonical attribution of treasure texts: Ratna gling pa and
the Zangs gling ma
LEWIS DONEY 195
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13. Historiographical notes on the Zhal snga bka? brgyud pa
FRANZ-KARL EHRHARD 213
14. An indigenous Tibetan name for Mount Everest?
ISRUN ENGELHARDT 245
15. Sangs rgyas gling pa?s apokryphe Biographie des U-rgyan padma ?byung gnas
KARL-HEINZ EVERDING 265
16. A restricted Bon ritual and its Buddhist lineages
KALSANG NORBU GURUNG 291
17. Mandirs, maps and cosmologies: the role of landscape in Jaina art and identity
JULIA A.B. HEGEWALD 315
18. In need of donations: a letter written by Go rams pa to encourage the collecting
of offerings in Eastern Tibet
J?RG HEIMBEL 331
19. The poly sculpture of a golden Praj?? p? ramit? : a historical, iconographic and
aesthetic enigma
AMY HELLER 359
20. Codicological study of Tibetan historical documents from the Andr? Alexander
collection in the context of preservation of Tibetan archival heritage
AGNIESZKA HELMAN-WA? NY 377
21. A lasting legacy for Tibetan performing arts today: on the monks of Rme ru and
Kun bde gling performing drama in Lhasa in the first half of the 20th century
ISABELLE HENRION-DOURCY 393
22. Law and order during the Lhasa great prayer festival
BERTHE JANSEN 415
23. The J? takam? l? of ? rya?? ra with the supplement of the third Rgyal dbang
karma pa rang byung rdo rje
MATTHEW T. KAPSTEIN 437
24. Nachlese zu Berthold Laufers Za ma tog unter Ber?cksichtigung des Mongolischen
RUDOLF KASCHEWSKY 453
25. Negotiating the Buddhist future: Rdo rje shugs ldan in Mongolia
KAR?NINA KOLLMAR-PAULENZ 481
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26. Ballade vom Mann auf der Treppe f?r Peter Schwieger zum 65. Jahr
WOLFGANG KUBIN 503
27. A case of upward social mobility in fourteenth century Tibet in text-historical context
LEONARD W.J. VAN DER KUIJP 505
28. William Edmund Hay: the pioneer of Tibetan studies who sold his fame
DIANA LANGE 523
29. How to strengthen the scholar?s back? Reflections on rgyab , back and related terms
PETRA MAURER 537
30. The beginnings of colonial rule in Sikkim: according to the council minute books
ALEX MCKAY 567
31. An explanation of ankka and kilbar in the ?White History?
BORJIGIDAI OYUNBILIG 583
32. The making of Tibetan law: the Khrims gnyis lta ba?i me long
FERNANDA PIRIE 595
33. Zwischen Ohnmacht und Widerstand?Erinnerungstexte zur Geschichte
Osttibets 1950/51
TERESA RAFFELSBERGER 615
34. Longing for retirement: the testament of Chos mdzad nyi shar, the last Ya ngal
CHARLES RAMBLE 631
35. Explaining the Dalai Lama to the Tibetans: Basil Gould?s report on the
enthronement of the 14th Dalai Lama
ULRIKE ROESLER 647
36. Ein authentisches Attribut
VERONIKA RONGE 665
37. Der Geisterklub der Bonner Universit?t: Zirkel schwarzer Magie oder
professorale Ideenb?rse?
CHRISTINE SCHIRRMACHER 669
38. Tibetan letter-writing manuals of the Dga? ldan pho brang era as reflected
through their authors
HANNA SCHNEIDER 691
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39. Eine Abteilung mit vielen Gesichtern. Die Geschichte der sino-tibetischen
Maske in der Abteilung f?r Mongolistik und Tibetstudien
EVA SEIDEL 713
40. The identity of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and the mchod yon relationship between
the great Mongol khans and Tibetan lamas in medieval Tibetan historiography
WEIRONG SHEN 729
41. Two Vajra-statements of the single intention on delusion (Tib. gti mug , Skt. moha )
JAN-ULRICH SOBISCH 761
42. Srong btsan sgam po. Historische Figur vs. Darstellung in tibetischen
Schulbuchtexten
SYRHOI SOU 775
43. Changing emblems of social domination: a brief note on Tibetan aristocratic
crests in the first half of the 20th century
ALICE TRAVERS 805
44. Shamanism and Buddhism in Mongolia: religious and political aspects from an
historian?s point of view
Veronika Veit
45. Lha sa?s hectic years ca. 975?1160
ROBERTO VITALI 823
46. Zwei Buddhismusforscher im Streit: Edmund Hardy und Joseph Dahlmann
ULRICH VOLLMER 869
47. Po ti lcags lung ma: the largest Tibetan book in a po ti format
DORJI WANGCHUK 887
48. Von ? Phags-pa zu Sa? ang se? en?ein Spiel mit Ort und Zeit
MICHAEL WEIERS 905
49. Translating Sanskrit Buddhism for the East Aian world?a lesson for the
contemporary? Kunwar narain?s epical Hindi poem Kum?rj?v (2015)
HEINZ WERNER WESSLER 917
