I am a Prof of history and also teaches Buddhism. At present my focus is on Buddhism of Nepal especially Sanskrit Buddy manuscripts of Nepal manuscripts.
Conflict has been a serious and pertinent problem modern society faces. It has different forms, v... more Conflict has been a serious and pertinent problem modern society faces. It has different forms, varieties, nature and intensity. Its impact in the society as whole is massive. It threats to peace, progress, prosperity, freedom, expression, democracy so on. By all means, conflict is an unwholesome act. Therefore, it needs to be duly addressed on time. Efforts are being made to resolve them. However, series of conflict arise in other forms. Buddhism as a religion is concerned with peace and happiness. It teaches to win over defilements like lobha, doṣa and moha which are taken as the root of unwholesome acts. They are the root of conflict. A number of Suttas in the Pālī Nikāyas discuss conflict and conflict resolution. The Suttas contained in Dīgha Nikāya, Majjhima Nikāya, Samyutta Nikāya, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Sutta Nipāta etc have several Suttas, which deal with conflict. These are the teachings of the Buddha delivered in different places under different circumstances to different audiences.
This is a coauthored book with Prem Kumari . It has following papers --
1. Stanley Lombardo ... more This is a coauthored book with Prem Kumari . It has following papers -- 1. Stanley Lombardo 1 The Morning Bell Chant: Temple Ritual in East Asian Buddhism 2. Prem Kumari Pant 19 A Journalist’s Views of Buddhism and Cultural Linkage 3. Anita Sharma 79 Buddhism in China: Historical Background and Present Context 4. Hudaya Kandahjaya 105 Sea-Route Transmission of Buddhist 5. K. T. S. Sarao 181 Da Tang Xiyu Ji and Other Chinese Sources on the Decline of Buddhism in India 6. Arputharani Sengupta 215 Cultural Synthesis in the Buddhist Art of China 7. Hiranya Lal Shrestha 249 An Outline of Buddhism and Nepal-China Relation 8. Master Shi Huai Shan 277 Impact of Activities of Master Buddhabhadra on Chinese Buddhism 9. Vijay K. Manandhar 297 Master Buddhabhadra and Buddhism in Ancient China 10. Shanker Thapa 341 Nepalese Sanskrit Manuscripts and Expansion of Buddhism in China 11. Ivette Vergas - O’Bryan 381 The Mirroring of Two Cultures through Religion and Medicine 12. Min Bahadur Shakya 415 Nepalese Artist Arniko in Yuan China
This paper is about collections of Newar Buddhist manuscripts in different institutuons in Tokyo,... more This paper is about collections of Newar Buddhist manuscripts in different institutuons in Tokyo, Kyoto and other places in Japan. A joint field survey was arranged in July 2017 and March 2018.
Kathmandu valley preserved in the country after it arrived sometime before seventh century mainta... more Kathmandu valley preserved in the country after it arrived sometime before seventh century maintained many of its original features. Newâr Buddhism is a highly institutionalized religion with well defined hierarchical social structure. Vajrâcâryas, who are the priests, are Buddhist equivalent of Hindu Brâhmins. The Newâr Buddhists of Kathmandu follow Vajrayâna Buddhism. Their intellectual history and scholastic tradition rendered invaluable contribution particularly in ritualizing of Nepalese version of Vajrayâna tradition, preservation and proliferation of Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts, development of Buddhism in Tibet, and maintain the tradition based on original sources of Sanskrit literary heritage.
This paper is about digitisation of manuscript in private possession in Nepal. This paper also di... more This paper is about digitisation of manuscript in private possession in Nepal. This paper also discusses about standard digitisation procedures.
Conflict has been a serious and pertinent problem modern society faces. It has different forms, v... more Conflict has been a serious and pertinent problem modern society faces. It has different forms, varieties, nature and intensity. Its impact in the society as whole is massive. It threats to peace, progress, prosperity, freedom, expression, democracy so on. By all means, conflict is an unwholesome act. Therefore, it needs to be duly addressed on time. Efforts are being made to resolve them. However, series of conflict arise in other forms. Buddhism as a religion is concerned with peace and happiness. It teaches to win over defilements like lobha, doṣa and moha which are taken as the root of unwholesome acts. They are the root of conflict. A number of Suttas in the Pālī Nikāyas discuss conflict and conflict resolution. The Suttas contained in Dīgha Nikāya, Majjhima Nikāya, Samyutta Nikāya, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Sutta Nipāta etc have several Suttas, which deal with conflict. These are the teachings of the Buddha delivered in different places under different circumstances to different audiences.
This is a coauthored book with Prem Kumari . It has following papers --
1. Stanley Lombardo ... more This is a coauthored book with Prem Kumari . It has following papers -- 1. Stanley Lombardo 1 The Morning Bell Chant: Temple Ritual in East Asian Buddhism 2. Prem Kumari Pant 19 A Journalist’s Views of Buddhism and Cultural Linkage 3. Anita Sharma 79 Buddhism in China: Historical Background and Present Context 4. Hudaya Kandahjaya 105 Sea-Route Transmission of Buddhist 5. K. T. S. Sarao 181 Da Tang Xiyu Ji and Other Chinese Sources on the Decline of Buddhism in India 6. Arputharani Sengupta 215 Cultural Synthesis in the Buddhist Art of China 7. Hiranya Lal Shrestha 249 An Outline of Buddhism and Nepal-China Relation 8. Master Shi Huai Shan 277 Impact of Activities of Master Buddhabhadra on Chinese Buddhism 9. Vijay K. Manandhar 297 Master Buddhabhadra and Buddhism in Ancient China 10. Shanker Thapa 341 Nepalese Sanskrit Manuscripts and Expansion of Buddhism in China 11. Ivette Vergas - O’Bryan 381 The Mirroring of Two Cultures through Religion and Medicine 12. Min Bahadur Shakya 415 Nepalese Artist Arniko in Yuan China
This paper is about collections of Newar Buddhist manuscripts in different institutuons in Tokyo,... more This paper is about collections of Newar Buddhist manuscripts in different institutuons in Tokyo, Kyoto and other places in Japan. A joint field survey was arranged in July 2017 and March 2018.
Kathmandu valley preserved in the country after it arrived sometime before seventh century mainta... more Kathmandu valley preserved in the country after it arrived sometime before seventh century maintained many of its original features. Newâr Buddhism is a highly institutionalized religion with well defined hierarchical social structure. Vajrâcâryas, who are the priests, are Buddhist equivalent of Hindu Brâhmins. The Newâr Buddhists of Kathmandu follow Vajrayâna Buddhism. Their intellectual history and scholastic tradition rendered invaluable contribution particularly in ritualizing of Nepalese version of Vajrayâna tradition, preservation and proliferation of Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts, development of Buddhism in Tibet, and maintain the tradition based on original sources of Sanskrit literary heritage.
This paper is about digitisation of manuscript in private possession in Nepal. This paper also di... more This paper is about digitisation of manuscript in private possession in Nepal. This paper also discusses about standard digitisation procedures.
Conflict has been a serious and pertinent problem modern society faces. It has different forms, v... more Conflict has been a serious and pertinent problem modern society faces. It has different forms, varieties, nature and intensity. Its impact in the society as whole is massive. It threats to peace, progress, prosperity, freedom, expression, democracy so on. By all means, conflict is an unwholesome act. Therefore, it needs to be duly addressed on time. Efforts are being made to resolve them. However, series of conflict arise in other forms. Buddhism as a religion is concerned with peace and happiness. It teaches to win over defilements like lobha, doṣa and moha which are taken as the root of unwholesome acts. They are the root of conflict. A number of Suttas in the Pālī Nikāyas discuss conflict and conflict resolution. The Suttas contained in Dīgha Nikāya, Majjhima Nikāya, Samyutta Nikāya, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Sutta Nipāta etc have several Suttas, which deal with conflict. These are the teachings of the Buddha delivered in different places under different circumstances to different audiences.
Nepal's role in the expansion of Mahayana Buddhism beyond the Himalaya is very significant. Nepal... more Nepal's role in the expansion of Mahayana Buddhism beyond the Himalaya is very significant. Nepal became the center of Mahayana Buddhism after the Muslim invasion of Nalanda Mahavihara in the 1199 A.D., which she maintained almost for 300 years. During this period, Nepal had produced a large number of profound Buddhist scholars. Most of them were the teachers of eminent Tibetan Buddhists. Some of the Nepalese Gurus also has continued lineage in Tibet until now. During that time, every Tibetan had desire to go to Nepal for higher Buddhist learning. As a matter of fact, many Tibetans made arduous journey across the Himalaya to fulfill the dream. Tibetan studied various forms of tantra, precepts, logic, doctrine, Sutra, Sadhana, Doha, Charyagiti, meditation etc. under direct supervision of Nepalese teachers. Great Tibetan scholars such as Marpa, Rwa Lo, Chag Lo, Khon-phu-ba, Klog Lo, Gos Lo, and others were the product of Nepal's scholarly tradition. They have significant place in the history of Tibet. Nepalese scholars also frequently visited Tibet where they taught
... Buddhist Sanskrit Literature of Nepal. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Shanker Thapa (b... more ... Buddhist Sanskrit Literature of Nepal. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Shanker Thapa (b. 1957, d. ----. PUBLISHER: Minjoksa Publishing Co., (Seoul). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 2005. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 89-7009-658-2 [pbk]). VOLUME/EDITION: First edition. ...
Toyo Bunko has some Nepalese Sanskrit manuscripts in its vast possession of classical works writt... more Toyo Bunko has some Nepalese Sanskrit manuscripts in its vast possession of classical works written in various pre-modern languages. KANEKO, MATSUNAMI and SAITO [1979] serves as the comprehensive catalogue of this collection of priceless heritage of Nepal which was brought to Japan by Ven. Ekai Kawaguchi. This catalogue gives us titles of contents along with other bibliographical descriptions for almost all possessions in the collection, while 6 fragmentary manuscripts remained un-identified in it. KANO [2009] and HORI [2012] have served supplemental works respectively, thus, for now, only three manuscripts are to be identified yet(1). Those remaining fragments are so small without a bibliographical part like colophon that mere philologists would not even hit upon titles in them. It, however, would be provable that a expert / practitioner of Nepalese religious literature, who are familiar with various works that are used in daily ritual they perform of participate in, can come acros...
Spray ignition studies of liquid fuels provide important physical and chemical diagnostic informa... more Spray ignition studies of liquid fuels provide important physical and chemical diagnostic information that support the advancement of combustion simulation models for rapid development of next-generation clean and efficient internal combustion (IC) engines. This work investigated the ignition behavior of n-heptane, ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and biodiesel blends in an optically-accessible constant volume combustion chamber (CVCC) under "low temperature combustion" conditions. Initial ambient air temperature was varied between 540 and 620°C. To simulate the gas mixture composition in a modern IC engine that utilizes exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), standard air was diluted with nitrogen and carbon dioxide which resulted in oxygen concentrations ranging from 21.8 to 9.6%. The optical CVCC was built by modifying a Cetane Ignition Delay (CID 510) instrument, manufactured by PAC, l.p. Two optical systems where integrated into the design of the apparatus. A spray visualization system utilized a high speed camera that captured images of the developing liquid fuel spray at 29,197 frames per second via direct optical access through a liquid-cooled borescope. These images were postprocessed to calculate liquid penetration length and cone angle. In addition, natural light emissions from excited formaldehyde (CH 2 O*), OH*, CH*, and C 2 * were captured by a chemiluminescence detection system comprised of a UV/Vis optical probe, dichroic mirrors, band-pass filters, and photomultiplier tube modules. It was observed for each fuel sample that liquid penetration length and cone angle were insensitive to the changes in temperature and EGR dilution rates tested. A direct iv relationship between liquid length and cone angle was observed across transient and quasi-steady spray behavior; the ratio between these values developed a positive linear trend across the transient state followed by a constant value in the quasi-steady state. Increased ambient air temperature shortened ignition delay values for all fuel samples. ULSD and n-heptane displayed negative temperature dependence as temperature exceeded 580°C, consistent with well-understood hydrocarbon oxidation behavior. Higher rates of EGR dilution increased chemical ignition delay in an exponential manner. ULSD was the most sensitive to the decreasing ambient oxygen concentration, while B100 and n-heptane displayed stronger EGR tolerance. This trend was considered to be influenced most by fuel structure, as well as fuel-derived oxygen concentration to a lesser degree. v
提要 Nepal China Society believes that the publication of this volume is a modest effort aimed at s... more 提要 Nepal China Society believes that the publication of this volume is a modest effort aimed at serving academic excellence in the field of Buddhism particularly with the Chinese connection. Because the historical Buddha was born in Nepal, his teachings are of ...
The Platform Sūtra of Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Ch'ān tradition, is most widely rea... more The Platform Sūtra of Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Ch'ān tradition, is most widely read book in China. It is called Liùzǔ Tánjīng 六祖壇經 or simply: 壇經 Tánjīng in Chinese. This Sūtra offers a glimpse of structure and methodology of Buddhist wisdom and understanding of the 'self-nature' embedded in the various philosophical contexts. Its fundamental focuses are the direct perception of individual's true nature, and the unity in epitome of śīla (conduct), Samadhi (meditation) and prajñā (wisdom)
Tentative catalogue of Digitized Sanskrit and Kiranta Mss at Central Library, Tribhuvan Universit... more Tentative catalogue of Digitized Sanskrit and Kiranta Mss at Central Library, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
This is a tentative list of Digitized Sanskrit and Kiranti manuscripts kept in the archives of Ce... more This is a tentative list of Digitized Sanskrit and Kiranti manuscripts kept in the archives of Central Library Tribhuvan University., in Kathmandu. Those manuscripts are voluntarily digitized by Dr. Shanker Thapa, Head of the Central Department of History at the same University. This data base of Sanskrit manuscripts consists of Some Buddhist Mss and larger part is covered by Hindu religious manuscripts as well as Sanskrit literary works, astrology and medecine.
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Books by Shanker Thapa
1. Stanley Lombardo 1
The Morning Bell Chant: Temple Ritual in East Asian Buddhism
2. Prem Kumari Pant 19
A Journalist’s Views of Buddhism and Cultural Linkage
3. Anita Sharma 79
Buddhism in China: Historical Background and Present Context
4. Hudaya Kandahjaya 105
Sea-Route Transmission of Buddhist
5. K. T. S. Sarao 181
Da Tang Xiyu Ji and Other Chinese Sources on the Decline of Buddhism in India
6. Arputharani Sengupta 215
Cultural Synthesis in the Buddhist Art of China
7. Hiranya Lal Shrestha 249
An Outline of Buddhism and Nepal-China Relation
8. Master Shi Huai Shan 277
Impact of Activities of Master
Buddhabhadra on Chinese Buddhism
9. Vijay K. Manandhar 297
Master Buddhabhadra and Buddhism in Ancient China
10. Shanker Thapa 341
Nepalese Sanskrit Manuscripts and Expansion of Buddhism in China
11. Ivette Vergas - O’Bryan 381
The Mirroring of Two Cultures through Religion and Medicine
12. Min Bahadur Shakya 415
Nepalese Artist Arniko in Yuan China
1. Stanley Lombardo 1
The Morning Bell Chant: Temple Ritual in East Asian Buddhism
2. Prem Kumari Pant 19
A Journalist’s Views of Buddhism and Cultural Linkage
3. Anita Sharma 79
Buddhism in China: Historical Background and Present Context
4. Hudaya Kandahjaya 105
Sea-Route Transmission of Buddhist
5. K. T. S. Sarao 181
Da Tang Xiyu Ji and Other Chinese Sources on the Decline of Buddhism in India
6. Arputharani Sengupta 215
Cultural Synthesis in the Buddhist Art of China
7. Hiranya Lal Shrestha 249
An Outline of Buddhism and Nepal-China Relation
8. Master Shi Huai Shan 277
Impact of Activities of Master
Buddhabhadra on Chinese Buddhism
9. Vijay K. Manandhar 297
Master Buddhabhadra and Buddhism in Ancient China
10. Shanker Thapa 341
Nepalese Sanskrit Manuscripts and Expansion of Buddhism in China
11. Ivette Vergas - O’Bryan 381
The Mirroring of Two Cultures through Religion and Medicine
12. Min Bahadur Shakya 415
Nepalese Artist Arniko in Yuan China