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Samādhimaraṇotsāhadīpaka: Illuminating the Power of Death in Meditation
Gregory Michael Clines
Jul 15, 2025
12(1): 1-29
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Jul 15, 2025
12(1): 1-29
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Translation and Commentary on the Bǎojing Sānmèi Gē Text
Richard (Ryushin) Jones, Graham Healey
Aug 19, 2024
11(1): 93-135
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Aug 19, 2024
11(1): 93-135
Appendix
Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya: Revised edition and translation
Jayarava Attwood
Jun 28, 2024
11(1)
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Jun 28, 2024
11(1)
Appendix
Bānrěbōluómìduō xīn jīng: Revised edition and translation
Jayarava Attwood
Jun 28, 2024
11(1)
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Jun 28, 2024
11(1)
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Revised Editions of the Prajnaparamitahrdaya and Xīn jīng
Jayarava Attwood
Jun 28, 2024
11(1): 52-92
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Jun 28, 2024
11(1): 52-92
Translations
All the Lotus Blooming
Quynh Vo
Apr 19, 2024
11(1): 1-15
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Apr 19, 2024
11(1): 1-15
Articles
Transcreating Sanskrit Humour through Kūṭiyāṭṭam: the Translation and Performance of the Rasasadana Bhāṇa
Elena Mucciarelli, Adheesh Sathaye
Mar 14, 2024
11(1): 16-51
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Mar 14, 2024
11(1): 16-51
Translations
Dārikapa’s Short Instruction on Reality – the Great Secret of Secrets from Uḍḍiyāna
Julian Schott
Sep 12, 2023
10(2): 134-168
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Sep 12, 2023
10(2): 134-168
Translations
New Perspectives on the Brahmasūtra—An English Translation of the Brahmasūtra-Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣya’s Exposition of “Athāto Brahmajijñāsā”
Sadhu Aksharananddas
Sep 11, 2023
10(2): 93-133
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Sep 11, 2023
10(2): 93-133
Articles
Translating the Gāyatrī-Mantra
Dominik A. Haas
Feb 28, 2023
10(1): 47-91
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Feb 28, 2023
10(1): 47-91
Translations
King Śibi in the Vahnipurāṇa
Charles Li
Feb 28, 2023
10(1): 1-46
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Feb 28, 2023
10(1): 1-46
Comment Pieces
The Case of the Curious Comestible from Bengali into English: Rendering Sarcasm, Polysemy, Ambiguity, and Connotation by Direct Translation, Footnoting, Transliteration, and Addition
Sanjay Sircar
Apr 30, 2022
9(1): 1-36
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Apr 30, 2022
9(1): 1-36
Articles
Preliminary Notes on the Extended Heart Sutra in Chinese
Jayarava Attwood
Dec 31, 2021
8(1): 63-85
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Dec 31, 2021
8(1): 63-85
Translations
‘Turning the Wheel of the Teaching’: A translation of Aśvaghoṣa’s Buddhacarita Canto 15 from a recently rediscovered Sanskrit manuscript
Dhivan Thomas Jones
Dec 15, 2021
8(1): 47-62
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Dec 15, 2021
8(1): 47-62
Translations
Annotated English translation of the ‘Sadāprarudita Avadāna’ in Kumārajīva’s Xiaŏpĭn Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
Matthew Bryan Orsborn
Jul 23, 2021
8(1): 1-46
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Jul 23, 2021
8(1): 1-46
Comment Pieces
The Theft of the Pārijāta Tree in Early Sanskrit Sources
Christopher R Austin
Dec 16, 2020
7(1): 16-32
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Dec 16, 2020
7(1): 16-32
Translations
Nhũ’ng Cô Gái Quán Bar Sài Gòn, 1975 (A translation of Yusef Komunyakaa, "Saigon Bar Girls, 1975)
Long Hoàng Trần
Dec 16, 2020
7(1): 13-15
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Dec 16, 2020
7(1): 13-15
Translations
Translations from the Vietnamese: 'A Missing Person' by Vuong Tam
Quan Manh Ha
Jun 5, 2020
7(1): 1-6
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Jun 5, 2020
7(1): 1-6
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Translations from the Vietnamese: 'The Blood Lily' by Vuong Tam
Quan Manh Ha
Jun 5, 2020
7(1): 7-12
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Jun 5, 2020
7(1): 7-12
Articles
Translating Vaidya’s Harivaṃśa
Simon Brodbeck
Aug 19, 2019
6(1): 1-187
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Aug 19, 2019
6(1): 1-187
Articles
Yeke Caaji, the Mongol-Oyirod Great Code of 1640: Innovation in Eurasian State Formation
Richard Taupier
Nov 5, 2018
5(1): 267-330
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Nov 5, 2018
5(1): 267-330
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The Tale of King Suratha and its Literary reception: Texts and Translations from the Surathotsava and the Durgāvilāsa
Bihani Sarkar
Nov 5, 2018
5(1): 146-266
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Nov 5, 2018
5(1): 146-266
Articles
The Phenomenology of Time in Classical Tamil Poetry
Gardner Harris
Oct 28, 2018
5(1): 104-126
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Oct 28, 2018
5(1): 104-126
Articles
The Poetics of Place: Travel in Premodern Japan
Mike Sugimoto
Oct 28, 2018
5(1): 105-145
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Oct 28, 2018
5(1): 105-145
Articles
Affliction without Affliction: A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries
Giuliano Giustarini
Oct 19, 2018
5(1): 72-103
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Oct 19, 2018
5(1): 72-103