[INDOLOGY] Member's publications on late Indian Buddhism

[Birendra Nath Prasad]

Dear Collegues, 
I am happy to announce the publication of my two research articles in prestigious peer-reviewed international journals:
1.	Cultic Relationships between Buddhism and Brahmanism in the ‘Last Stronghold’ of Indian Buddhism: An Analysis with Particular Reference to Votive Inscriptions on the Brahmanical Sculptures Donated to Buddhist Religious Centres in Early Medieval Magadha .Published in Buddhist Studies Review,  Journal of the U.K. Association for Buddhist Studies , London , Vol. 30, No. 2 (2013) ,pp. 181-199. Abstract of the paper may be seen at https://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/BSR/article/view/18521 . This journal is edited by Prof. Peter Harvey and published by Equinox Publications, London.
2.	A Folk Tradition Integrated into Mahayana Buddhism: Some Observations on the Votive Inscriptions on Sculptures of Pundesvari/Punyesvari/Purnesvari  Discovered in the Kiul-Lakhisarai Area, Bihar .Published in Berlin Indological Studies , Vol.21, 2013 ,pp. 299-306.  This Journal is edited by Dr.Gerd Mevvissen and published by WEIDLER Buchverlag Publishers, Berlin, Germany. 

With regards
Birendra Nath Prasad
Asstt. Professor, History Deptt.
BB Ambedkar Central University
Lucknow 

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 From: Ashok Aklujkar <ashok.aklujkar at gmail.com>
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 Thanks to Tim Lubin. Yes. "ta" and "bha" are similar enough
 in some specimens of Sharada to be misread for each other.
 So, the point made by Prof. Slaje stands. 
 
 I have checked as many words ending in -garbha in Einoo's
 book as I could. Yes, they would support the emendation to
 -garbha.
 
 Helpful responses were also received from Tim Cahill and
 Bindu Bhatt. Thanks to them as well for clearing my doubts.
 I withdraw the suggestion to emend the text to -garga.
 Although that emendation would also have been
 transcriptionally probable at a certain stage, the support
 for it is not as many-sided as for -garbha.
 
 a.a.
 
 
 
 On 2014-02-08, at 5:23 PM, Lubin, Tim wrote:
 
 > -garbha as a name suffix seems common enough among
 authors of Tantric texts, or from Tantra-influenced
 milieux.  A quick search through Genesis and
 Development of Tantrism, ed. Shingo Einoo, (Kyoto, 2009)
 yields many examples, including a N?r?ya?agarbha.
 > 
 > For the graphic similarities cited, these samples are
 from the Ojha publication Ashok cites:
 > <Screen Shot 2014-02-08 at 8.01.36 PM.png>
 > 
 > These are 16th c. Sharada examples from Plate XXXI of
 the same (the second, /bha/, is not necessarily closed)
 > <Screen Shot 2014-02-08 at 7.59.42 PM.png>
 > <Screen Shot 2014-02-08 at 8.00.00 PM.png>
 > Compare also these, from p. 62 (on ??rad?) of Hemar?j
 ??kya's _Nep?la Lipi-Prak??a_:
 > <Screen Shot 2014-02-08 at 8.20.34 PM.png>
 > Certainly close enough to me mistaken given natural
 variability.
 > 
 > Also, consider the ta and bha rows in the attached
 chart, especially for the scripts listed as Vartula, Nepali,
 and Nandinagari.