Tibetan Inscriptions : Proceedings of a Panel Held at the Twelfth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Vancouver 2010

Inscriptions are a rather neglected field within Tibetan Studies, because they are often located in places that are not easily accessible for both geographical and political reasons. It is thus especially welcome that two of the contributions to this volume deal with inscriptions documented on recent field trips to Tibet: Benjamin Wood discusses an inscription in Zha lu that relates an enigmatic conflict in the history of the monastery, and Kurt Tropper looks into an epigraphic cycle on the life of the Buddha in Tsaparang. Moreover, Nathan Hill provides a new interpretation of the beginning of the famous Rkong po inscription, and Kunsang Namgyal Lama surveys the various kinds of texts found on tsha tshas. An extra level of reflection is added to the volume by Cristina Scherrer-Schaub’s methodological considerations on the classification and interpretation of inscriptions. Tsha Tsha Inscriptions: A Preliminary Survey / Kunsang Namgyal Lama (paris) -- The Buddha-vita In The White Temple Of Tsaparang / Kurt Tropper (vienna) -- Misbehaviour And Punishment In A Paper Inscription At Zha Lu Monastery: A Preliminary Report / Benjamin Wood (victoria) -- -- Classifying, Questioning And Interpreting Tibetan Inscriptions / Cristina Scherrer-schaub (lausanne/paris/vienna) -- A New Interpretation Of The Mythological Incipit Of The Rkong Po Inscription / Nathan W. Hill (london). Edited By Kurt Tropper, Cristina Scherrer-schaub. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Tibetan Inscriptions......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Tsha tsha inscriptions: a preliminary survey......Page 12 The Buddha-vita in the White Temple of Tsaparang......Page 54 Misbehaviour and punishment in a paper inscription at Zha lu monastery: a preliminary report......Page 118 Classifying, questioning and interpreting Tibetan inscriptions......Page 150 A new interpretation of the mythological incipit of the Rkong po inscription......Page 182 INDEX......Page 194 The articles brought together in this volume not only deal with Tibetan inscriptions on such diverse writing supports as paper, temple walls, rocks and tsha tshas, they also span a wide range in respect to the contents of the historical and religious epigraphs discussed.