Bulletin of Tibetology
The Bulletin of Tibetology is published bi-annually by the
Director, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (www.tibetology.net),
Gangtok, Sikkim, India. The Editorial Board for this journal include
Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Acharya Samten Gyatso, Saul
Mullard, Brigitte Steinmann, Tashi Tsering, Mark Turin, and Roberto Vitali. The
editor is Anna Balikci-Denjongpa and the Director of the Institute, Rinpoche
Tashi Densapa, acts as an advisor to the journal.
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2014 Volume 50, Numbers 1 & 2: Special Issue
2009 Volume 45, Number 2 & 2010 Volume 46, Number 1
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- Pilgrimage and Incest: the Case of Chorten Nyima (mChod rten nyi ma) on the Tibeto-Sikkimese Border (500 kb)
author: Katia Buffertrille - Yul and yul lha: the Territory and its Deity in Bhutan (412 kb)
author: Francoise Pommaret - Sur la tendance aux métaphores visuelle: aller voir lHa btsun chen po au Sikkim (368 kb)
author: Brigitte Steinmann - The dzumsa ('dzoms sa) of Lachen: an Example of a Sikkimese Political Institution (Translation by Anna Balikci-Denjongpa) (160 kb)
author: Sophie Bourdet-Sabatier - Notes on Contributors (24 kb)
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- His Holiness the Late XVIth Gyalwa Karmapa (Rangjung Rigpe Dorji) (300 kb)
author: P. B. Chakrabarty - Karma and Rebirth in Buddhism (116 kb)
author: Thubten Tendzin - Review of Socio-Political Development in Tibet (600-1950) (120 kb)
author: Dr. Yeshi Choedon - Buddhist Hymnal (128 kb)
author: Bhajagovinda Ghosh - Teachings of the Collected Works of His Holiness the Vth Dalia Lama (104 kb)
author: Tenzin Samphel - A Brief Account of the Life of mNa'-bDag Sems-dPa' -Chen-Po (1591 - 1656 A.D.) (60 kb)
author: Dr. Rigzin Ngodub Dokham - Back cover (52 kb)
1993 Volume 29, Number 1, Aspects of Classical Tibetan Medicine
1983 Volume 19, Number 1, Silver Jubilee inauguration number
1982 Volume 18, Number 1, Karmapa Commemoration Volume
1974 Volume 11, Number 3, Sir Tashi Namgyal memorial lecture
1973 Volume 10, Number 3, Sir Tashi Namgyal memorial lecture
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- Cover, contents (156 kb)
- A short study of the origin and evolution of different styles of Buddhist paintings and iconography (184 kb)
author: Rechung Rimpoche and Jampal Kunzang - Translation of "Byang chub ltung bshags" (204 kb)
author: Gelongma Karma Khechogpalmo - Notes & Topics: "The characteristics of rosaries" (64 kb)
author: K.Y. Hochotsang - Back cover (144 kb)