Journal of the Tibet Society
The Journal of the Tibet Society is a publication of the Tibet Society, founded and incorporated as a non-profit organisation in 1966. Since its inception, the Tibet Society has published a periodical, first the Tibet Society Newsletter (from 1967), then the Tibet Society Bulletin (from 1969) and finally the Journal of the Tibet Society from 1981 onwards. This periodical was established to answer the long-felt need for a specialised periodical devoted to the highest standards of scholarship in the field of Tibetan Studies. Edited by Christopher I. Beckwith and Elliot Sperling at Indiana University, eight volumes of the journal have been published between 1981 and 1988. Together with the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library, Digital Himalaya is co-hosting this important scholarly journal on its journal pages. On account of the compression format we have used for the PDF files, we advise that you install the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat which can be downloaded by clicking here. Please send us a short email to say whether this service is of interest and utility to you.
Volume 8, 1988
- Cover, contents, editorial (36 kb)
- Two Early Sources for the History of the House of Sde-dge (216 kb)
author: Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp - Tibetan Expertise in Sanskrit Grammar -- A Case Study: Grammatical Analysis of the Term Pratitya-samutpada (308 kb)
author: Pieter C. Verhagen - Addendum to Alex Wayman "A Problem of 'Synonyms' in the Tibetan Language: Bsgom Pa and Goms Pa" (40 kb)
- Announcement: The International Association for Ladakh Studies (16 kb)
- Short Reviews (196 kb)
author: multiple authors - Minutes from the Tibet Society Meeting (56 kb)
Volume 7, 1987
- Cover, contents, editorial (40 kb)
- Tibetan Science at the Court of the Great Khans (76 kb)
author: Christopher I. Beckwith - On the Origin of the Prayer Wheel According to Two Nineteenth-Century Literary Sources (184 kb)
author: Dan Martin - Lama to the King of Hsia (236 kb)
author: Elliot Sperling - A Problem of "Synonyms" in the Tibetan Language: Bsgom Pa and Goms Pa (68 kb)
author: Alex Wayman - Minutes from the Tibet Society Meeting (56 kb)
Volume 6, 1986
- Cover, contents, editorial (36 kb)
- Der Ursprung der Sprache von Zhang-Zhung (144 kb)
author: Siegbert Hummel - Sa-skya Pandita's Letter to the Tibetans: A Late and Dubious Addition to His Collected Works (76 kb)
author: David P. Jackson - The Tantra "A Vessel of Bdud Rtsi," A Bon Text (500 kb)
author: Michael Walter - A Propos de Mme Ariane Macdonald, "Une lecture des P.T. 1286, 1287, 1038, 1047 et 1290. Essai sur la formation et l'emploi des mythes politiques dans la religion royale de Sron-bcan sgam-po" (Etudes tibétaines dédiées à la mémoire de Marcelle Lalou, Paris, 1971, pp.190-391) (52 kb)
author: Amy Heller - Rejoinder to Jeffrey Hopkins (76 kb)
author: Alex Wayman - Short Reviews (192 kb)
author: multiple authors - Minutes from the Tibet Society Meeting (44 kb)
Volume 5, 1985
- Cover, contents, editorial (44 kb)
- Padma Dkar-po on Intergration as Ground, Path and Goal (488 kb)
author: Michael M. Broido - The White and Red Rong-btsan of Matho Monastery (Ladakh) (112 kb)
author: Eva K. Dargyay - Dgra-lha: A Re-examination (64 kb)
author: Todd Gibson - Reply to Alex Wayman's Review of The Yoga of Tibet (212 kb)
author: Jeffrey Hopkins - Short Reviews (196 kb)
author: multiple authors - Minutes from the Tibet Society Meeting (36 kb)
Volume 4, 1984
- Cover, contents, editorial (96 kb)
- Padma Dkar-po on Tantra as Ground, Path and Goal (872 kb)
author: Michael M. Broido - Manchu Patronage and Tibetan Buddhism during the First Half of the Ch'ing Dynasty (580 kb)
author: Samuel M. Grupper - Short Reviews (400 kb)
author: multiple authors - Minutes from the Tibet Society Meeting (80 kb)
Volume 3, 1983
- Cover, contents, editorial (52 kb)
- A Note on Dgos-'brel (168 kb)
author: Michael M. Broido - The Spiritual Heritage of Ma Gcig Lab Sgron (68 kb)
author: Massimo Facchini - Inhaltsverzeichnisse der gesammelten Werke tibetisch schreibender Autoren (148 kb)
author: Günter Grönbold - Short Reviews (316 kb)
author: multiple authors - Minutes from the Tibet Society Meeting (36 kb)
Volume 2, 1982
- Cover, contents, editorial (40 kb)
- Does Tibetan Hermeneutics Throw Any Light on Sandhabhasa (392 kb)
author: Michael Broido - The Development of the Biographical Tradition concerning Atisa (Dipamkarasrijnana) (128 kb)
author: Helmut Eimer - The Early Education of Milarepa (276 kb)
author: Dan Martin - Correspondence Relating to the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888 (252 kb)
author: N.L. Nornang & L. Epstein - The 1413 Ming Embassy to Tsong-kha-pa and the Arrival of Byams-chen chos-rje Shakya ye-shes at the Ming Court (44 kb)
author: Elliot Sperling - Short Reviews (80 kb)
author: multiple authors - Minutes from the Tibet Society Meeting (40 kb)
Volume 1, 1981
- Cover, contents, editorial (104 kb)
- A List of Abbots of Kah-thog Monastery According to Handwritten Notes by the Late Katok Ontul (48 kb)
author: Helmut Eimer & PemaTsering - Index to Articles in the K'ang-Tsang Yen-Chiu Yüeh-K'an (A Contribution to the Bibliography of Tibet) (284 kb)
author: Josef Kolmas - Georg Morgenstierne and Tibetan Studies (88 kb)
author: Per Kævrne - Phonemic Theory and Orthographic Practice in Old Tibetan (188 kb)
author: Roy Andrew Miller - Armenians in India and Tibet (56 kb)
author: Hugh E. Richardson - Eine kurze Abhandlung des Pha-bon-kha-pa (1878-1941) über Mumifizierung (116 kb)
author: Helga Uebach - Notes on the phur-bu (84 kb)
author: Alex Wayman - Short Reviews (100 kb)
author: multiple authors - Minutes from the Tibet Society Meeting (36 kb)
Silver on Lapis - Twentieth Anniversary Special, 1987
- Cover, contents, preface, and acknowlegdements (196 kb)
- History
The Tibetans in the Ordos and North China: Considerations on the Role of the Tibetan Empire in World History (104 kb)
author: Christopoher I. Beckwith - The Dynasty of Bzang-la (Zanskar, West-Tibet) and Its Chronology: A Reconsideration (216 kb)
author: Eva K. Dargyay - Some Notes on the Early 'Bri-gung-pa Sgom-pa (236 kb)
author: Elliot Sperling - Medicine
The Development of the Human Embryo According to Tibetan Medicine: The Treatise Written for Alexander Csoma de Korös by Sangs-rgyas Phun-tshogs (68 kb)
author: Thubten Jigme Norbu - Researches on Poison, Garuda-Birds, and Naga-Serpents Based on the Sgrub thabs kun btus (164 kb)
author: Alex Wayman - Philology
Text Structure and Rule Ordering in the First Tibetan Grammatical Treatise (324 kb)
author: Roy Andrew Miller - Notes on Csoma de Korös's Translation of a Tibetan Passport (140 kb)
author: Turrel V. Wylie - Thought
Une polémique sur l'authenticité des Bka'-than au 17° siècle (428 kb)
author: Anne-Marie Blondeau - Dualism in Tibetan Cosmogonic Myths and the Question of Iranian Influence (124 kb)
author: Per Kværne - Illusion Web: Locating the Ghuyagarbha Tantra in Buddhist Intellectual History (452 kb)
author: Dan Martin