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On a Day of a Month of the Fire Bird Year: Festschrift for Peter Schwieger on the Occasion of his 65th birthday

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Author: Jeannine Bischoff, Petra Maurer, & Charles Ramble (editors)
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ISBN: 9789937061100
Publication Date: 2019

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This Festschrift is a book contributed by the friends and colleagues of Peter Schwieger celebrating his upcoming Unruhestand. The topics of the contributions to this volume reflect the broadness of Peter Schwieger's scholarly work. There are articles from different disciplines on a variety of topics such as Kingship, Imperial Tibet, Grammar, the Relationship between Tibet and Mongolia, China, India, Great Britain, Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist Art, the History of the University of Bonn, and last, but not least, the necessity of Tibetan Yoga as an exercise for Tibetologists.
On a Day of a Month of the Fire Bird Year: Festschrift for Peter Schwieger on the occasion of his 65th birthday; Jeannine Bischoff, Petra Maurer, & Charles Ramble (editors); Lumbini International Institute; Paperback; 1043 pp; $90.00

CONTENTS: On a Day of a Month of the Fire Bird Year
01.	An Introduction JEANNINE BISCHOFF	1
02.	Spiritual masters and master copies on the move ORNA ALMOGI	5
03.	Yantra Yoga--'Phrul 'khor movements beyond deity and mandala SAADET ARSLAN	27
04.	Two Ladhakhi accounts of the enthronement of Maharaja Pratap Singh of Jammu & Kashmir in 1886 JOHN BRAY and D. GONKATSANG	43
05.	Ram Bahadur Bomjon: a new Buddha in the making (Nepal)? KATIA BUFFETRILLE	71
06.	Engaging the senses in the Tibetan tantric "Major Practice Session" (sgrub chen) CATHY CANTWELL	85
07.	Appearances can be deceptive: the case of Ngmpp At 61/21 MICHELA CLEMENTE	103
08.	Maudgalyayana rettet seine Mutter aus der Holle zur tibetischen Uberlieferung der Erzahlung SIGLINDE DIETZ und HELMUT EIMER	123
09.	China's Narrative of Tibet LOBSANG DIKY	139
10.	Tibet und Japan wahrend der letzten Phase der russichen Expansion in Asien KARL-HEINZ GOLZIO und GUNTHER DISTELRATH	151
11.	Rope sliding and pole swirling in Lhasa: some remarks on the acrobatic performances of the traditional Gyalpo Losar THIERRY DODIN	185
12.	A note on the canonical attribution of treasure texts: Ratna gling pa and the Zangs gling ma LEWIS DONEY	195
13.	Historiographical notes on the Zhal snga bka' brgyud pa FRANZ-KARL EHRHARD	213
14.	An indigenous Tibetan name for Mount Everest? ISRUN ENGELHARDT	245
15.	Sangs rgyas gling pa's apokryphe Biographie des U-rgyan padma 'byung gnas KARL-HEINZ EVERDING	265
16.	A restricted Bon ritual and its Buddhist lineages KALSANG NORBU GURUNG	291
17.	Mandirs, maps and cosmologies: the role of landscape in Jaina art and identity JULIA A.B. HEGEWALD	315
18.	In need of donations: a letter written by Go rams pa to encourage the collecting of offerings in Eastern Tibet JORG HEIMBEL	331
19.	The poly sculpture of a golden Prajnaparamita: a historical, iconographic and aesthetic enigma AMY HELLER	359
20.	Codicological study of Tibetan historical documents from the Andre Alexander collection in the context of preservation of Tibetan archival heritage AGNIESZKA HELMAN-WAZNY	377
21.	A lasting legacy for Tibetan performing arts today: on the monks of Rme ru and Kun bde gling performing drama in Lhasa in the first half of the 20th century ISABELLE HENRION-DOURCY	393
22.	Law and order during the Lhasa great prayer festival BERTHE JANSEN	415
23.	The Jatakamala of Aryasura with the supplement of the third Rgyal dbang karma pa rang byung rdo rje MATTHEW T. KAPSTEIN	437
24.	Nachlese zu Berthold Laufers Za ma tog unter Berucksichtigung des Mongolischen RUDOLF KASCHEWSKY	453
25.	Negotiating the Buddhist future: Rdo rje shugs ldan in Mongolia KARENINA KOLLMAR-PAULENZ	481
26.	Ballade vom Mann auf der Treppe fur Peter Schwieger zum 65, Jahr WOFGANG KUBIN	503
27.	A case of upward social mobility in fourteenth century Tibet in text-historical context LEONARD W.J. VAN DER KUIJP	505
28.	William Edmund Hay: the pioneer of Tibetan studies who sold his fame DIANA LANGE	523
29.	How to strengthen the scholar's back? Reflections on rgyab, back and related terms PETRA MAURER	537
30.	The beginnings of colonial rule in Sikkim: according to the council minute books ALEX MCKAY	567
31.	An explanation of ankka and kilbar in the "White History" BORJIGIDAI OYUNBILIG	583
32.	The making of Tibetan law: the Khrims gnyis lta ba'i me long FERNANDA PIRIE	595
33.	Zwischen Ohnmacht und Widerstand--erinnerungstexte zur Geschichte Osttibets 1950/51 TERESA RAFFELSBERGER	615
34.	Longing for retirement: the testament of Chos Mdzad nyi shar, the last Ya ngal CHARLES RAMBLE	631
35.	Explaining the Dalai Lama to the Tibetans: Basil Gould's report on the enthronement of the 14th Dalai Lama ULRIKE ROESLER	647
36.	Ein authentisches Attribut VERONIKA RONGE	665
37.	Der Geisterklub der Bonner Universitat: Zirkel schwarzer Magie oder professorale Ideenborse? CHRISTINE SCHIRRMACHER	669
38.	Tibetan letter-writing manuals of the Dga' ldan pho brang era as reflected through their authors HANNA SCHNEIDER	691
39.	Eine Abteilung mit vielen Gesichtern. Die Geschichte der sino-tibtischen Maske in der Abteilung fur Mongolistik und Tibetstudien EVA SEIDEL	713
40.	The identity of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and the mchod yon relationship between the great Mongol khans and Tibetan lamas in medieval Tibetan historiography WEIRONG SHEN	729
41.	Two Vajra-statements of the single intention on delusion (Tib. gti mug, Skt. moha) JAN-ULRICH SOBISCH	761
42.	Srong btsan sgam po. Historische Figur vs. Darstellung in tibetischen Schulbuchtexten SYRHOI SOU	775
43.	Changing emblems of social domination: a brief note on Tibetan aristocratic crests in the first half of the 20th century ALICE TRAVERS	805
44.	Shamanism and Buddhism in Mongolia: religious and political aspects from an historian's point of view Veronika Veit
45.	Lha sa's hectic years ca. 975-1160 ROBERTO VITALI	823
46.	Zwei Buddhismusforscher im Streit: Edmund Hardy und Joseph Dahlmann ULRICH VOLLMER	869
47.	Po ti lcags lung ma: the largest Tibetan book in po ti format DORJI WANGCHUK	887
48.	Von 'Phags-pa zu Sayang secen--ein Spiel mit Ort und Zeit MICHAEL WEIERS	905
49.	Translating Sanskrit Buddhism for the East Aian world--a lesson for the contemporary? Kunwar narain's epical Hindi poem Kumarjiv (2015) HEINZ WERNER WESSLER	917

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