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Indo-Tibetica (In 4 Volumes, 7 Parts)

 
Lokesh Chandra (Editor) Giuseppe Tucci (Editor)
Synopsis Fundamentals studies on Tibetology are incorporate in the four volumes (seven bindings) of professor Giuseppe Tucci's Indo-Tibetica.  As the work appeared in Italian, very few scholars have benefited by the crucial result of Tucci's investigation and percipations.  Morever, Indologists hardly ever approached it, as Tucci's used Tibetan terms like mchod-rten for Stupa.  The present English version of the Indo-Tibetica will placed at the disposal of Indologists, Tibetologist, Buddhologists, Historians, Anthropologists, Archaeologists and specialists in allied areas and in bordering areas.  Sanskrit Equvilents of Tibetan terms have been used throughout to make the text accessible to a wider audience, for example, stupa (mchod-rten).  The profundity which Tucci bears on the subject afford a creative view, an inner vision, the original perspective in which Tibetan Buddhism evolved: hence they are a delight for any enlightened reader.
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About the authors

Lokesh Chandra

Prof. Lokesh Chandra is a renowned scholar of Tibetan, Mongolian and Sino-Japanese Buddhism. He has to his credit over 400 works and text editions. Among them are classics like his Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary, Materials for a History of Tibetan Literature, Buddhist Iconography of Tibet, and the present Dictionary of Buddhist Art in about 20 volumes. Prof. Lokesh Chandra was nominated by the President of the Republic of India to the Parliament in 1974-80 and again in 1980-86. He has been a Vice-President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research. Presently he is Director, International Academy of Indian Culture.

Giuseppe Tucci

Prof. Giuseppe Tucci (1894-1984) is the doyen of modern scientific studies of Tibetan art and thought, history and literature. He was for many years Professor of Religions and Philosophies of India and the Far East at the University of Rome. He also taught at universities in India. Professor Tucci made several visits to Nepal and has been on eight expeditions to Western and Central Tibet, collecting historical, artistic and literary material. His scientific expeditions resulted in many historical books, like the Tibetan Painted Scrolls and the seven volumes of Indo-Tibetica in Italian. Prof. Tucci gives word to the mute dialogue of the mind with the mysterious presences in the Land of Snows.

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Title Indo-Tibetica (In 4 Volumes, 7 Parts)
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.1989
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Aditya Prakashan
Language: English
isbn 8185179190
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