Sanskritic civilization · Tantric studies · Newar & Nusantaran Buddhism
Iain Sinclair. 2016. ‘The appearance of tantric monasticism in Nepal: a history of the public image and fasting ritual of Newar Buddhism, 980-1380’. Monash University, Melbourne: PhD diss. 418 pp., 90 illustrations, 27 tables. DOI:10.4225/03/58ab8cadcf152
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Bühnemann, Gudrun. 2015. Śākyamuni’s Return Journey to Lumbinī ( lumbinīyātrā ): A Study of a Popular Theme in Newar Buddhist Art and Literature. Bhairawaha, Nepal: Lumbini International Research Institute. 108 pp. ISBN: 978-9937-2-9462-1
OCLC: 922971246. Vendor: amazon.com.
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Most of the painting for sale in Kathmandu’s tourist district is worthless, so I don’t mind mentioning an exception when I stumble upon it:
Bodhisattva Gallery. Baber Mahal, Kathmandu, Nepal. Tel: 977-1-4251341. [official site]
Sample: a (sold) study of Bagalamukhī by Udaya Charan Shrestha, one of the Newars’ foremost painters (and, some may recall, a one-time commenter here):
Ekai Kawaguchi (26.3.1866–24.3.1945) Collection 「河口慧海請来チベット資料」. Tohoku University: http://webdb2.museum.tohoku.ac.jp/data_base/tounitibi/ekai/.
NB: A detailed catalogue of the collection was published by Kimiaki Tanaka 田中公明: 『詳解河口慧海コレクション―チベット・ネパール仏教美術』, 佼成出版社, 1990) [OCLC: 673702954; amazon.co.jp].
Christian Luczanits. 2014&ndash. ‘Homepage of Christian Luczanits’ [before 2014: Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Art (ITBA) at the University of Vienna]. http://www.luczanits.net.
NB: a large and well-documented collection of photographs from sites in the Himalayas and South Asia including Alchi, Ladakh, Kanganhalli, Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti.