Monographs

PUBLICATIONS of LIRI Lumbini International Research Institute (Lumbini)

  • Niels Gutschow, The Nepalese Caitya. 1500 Years of Buddhist Votive Architecture in the Kathmandu Valley (with drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner), Stuttgart/London 1997. Out of print – ISBN No. 3-930698-75-7
  • Harry Falk, The Discovery of Lumbinī, Lumbini: Occasional Papers, 1, 1998. USD 5.
    [Out of Print]
  • Set number 1 – Volume number 1 (sold only as a set of three volumes) Franz-Karl Ehrhard, The oldest Block Print of Klong-chen rab-’byams-pa’s theg mchog mdzod. Facsimile Edition of early Tibetan Block Prints with an Introduction by Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Facsimile no. 1, Lumbini 2000. USD 100 (whole set) – ISBN No. 99933-324-0-2
  • Set number 1 – Volume number 2 (sold only as a set of three volumes) Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Four Unknown Mahāmudrā Works of the Bo-dong-pa School. Facsimile Edition of early Tibetan Block Prints with an Introduction by Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Facsimile no. 1, Lumbini 2000. USD 100 (whole set) – ISBN No. 99933-324-1-0
  • Set number 1 – Volume number 3 (sold only as a set of three volumes) Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Early Buddhist Block Prints from Mang-yul Gung-thang, Lumbini 2000. USD 100 (whole set) – ISBN No. 99933-324-2-9
  • Set number 2 – Volume number 1 (sold only as a set of two volumes) Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Life and Travels of Lo-chen bSod-nams rgya-mtsho, Lumbini 2002. USD 80 – ISBN No. 9783895009983
  • Set number 2 – Volume number 2 (sold only as a set of two volumes) Franz-Karl Ehrhard, A Buddhist Correspondence: The Letters of Lo-chen bsod-nams rgya-mtsho. Facsimile Edition of a 15th Century Tibetan Manuscript with an Introduction by Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Lumbni 2002. USD 80 (whole set) – ISBN No.99933-324-3-7

  • Giovanni Verardi, Excavations at Gotihawa And a Territorial Survey in Kapilavastu District of Nepal: A Preliminary Report. Lumbini: Occasional Papers, 2, 2002. USD 12.--- ISBN 99933-324-4-5.

  • Gudrun Bühnemann, Buddhist Deities of Nepal: Iconography in Two Sketchbooks, Lumbini: Occasional Papers, 4, 2003. USD 10 – ISBN No. 99933-769-7-3.
  • Helmut Eimer, Testimonia for the Bstod-pa brgyad-cu-pa. An Early Hymn Praising Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna (Atiśa), Lumbini: Lumbini Studies in Buddhist Literature, 1, 2003. USD 10 – ISBN No. 99933-769-5-7.
  • Christoph Cüppers (ed.), The Relationship between Religion and State (chos srid zung ’brel) in Traditional Tibet, Lumbini 2004. USD 30 – ISBN No. 99933-769-9-X
  • Michael Mühlich, Buddhist Initiation of the Newars in Nepal. A documentation in pictures, Lumbini 2004 USD 5 – ISBN No. 99946-933-0-1
  • Michael Zimmermann (ed.), Buddhism and Violence, Lumbini 2006. USD 25 – ISBN No. 99946-933-1-x
  • Giovanni Verardi, Excavations at Gotihawa and Pipri Kapilbastu District Nepal, Roma-Lumbini: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente and LIRI, 2007. EUR 115 – ISBN No. 978-88-85320-54-3
    [Out of Print]
  • Per K. Sørensen and Sonam Dolman, Rare Texts from Tibet, Lumbini 2007. USD 50 – ISBN No. 978-99946-933-3-7
  • Gitu Giri, Bibliography of Lumbini, Lumbini: Occasional Papers, 5, 2007. USD 20 – ISBN No. 978-99946-933-2-0
  • Eberhard Berg, The Sherpa Dumji. Masked Dance Festival, Lumbini 2008. USD 30 – ISBN No. 9789994693351
  • Gudrung Bühnemann, Buddhist Iconography and Ritual in Paintings and Line Drawings from Nepal, Lumbini 2008. USD 30 – ISBN No. 9789994693344
  • Lambert Schmithausen, Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees, Lumbini 2009. USD 30 – ISBN No. 978-9937-217163
  • Eli Franco and Monika Zin (eds), From Turfan To Ajanta (Part I & II), Lumbini 2010. USD 80 – ISBN Nos: 978-9937-553-02-5 (Vol. 1) - 978-9937-553-02-5 (Vol. 2)
  • गितु गिरी, लुम्बिनीको इतिहास, लुम्बिनी २०१०. रू ८०० [नेपाली भाषा]गितु गिरी, लुम्बिनीको इतिहास, लुम्बिनी २०१०. रू ८०० [नेपाली भाषा][Gitu Giri, History of Lumbini, Lumbini 2010. USD 8] [in Nepali language] – ISBN No. 978-9937-553-00-1
  • Eberhard Berg, Building the Sherpas’. New Present in the Age of Globalization, Lumbini 2011. USD 40 – ISBN No. 9789937553018
  • Gudrun Bühnemann, The Life of the Buddha: Buddhist and Śaiva Iconography and Visual Narratives in Artists’ Sketchbooks from Nepal (with Transliterations and Translations from the Newari by Kashinath Tamot), Lumbini 2012. USD 30 – ISBN No. 9789937553049
  • Christoph Cüppers, Robert Mayer and Michael Walter, Tibet after Empire. Culture, Society and Religion between 850-1000, Lumbini 2013. ISBN No. 9937553059. [Out of print. A new revised edition is forthcoming]
  • Liudmila Olalde, Zum Begriff ‘nāmarūpa:’ Das Individuum im Pāli-Kanon, Lumbini 2014. USD 20 – ISBN No. 978-9937-553-07-0
  • Jayandra Soni, Michael Pahlke and Christoph Cüppers, Buddhist and Jaina Studies. Preceedings of the Conference in Lumbini, February 2013, Lumbini 2014. USD 35 – ISBN No. 9789937553087
  • Gitu Giri, The Museums in the Area of Lumbini and Kapilavastu, Lumbini 2014. USD 20 – ISBN No. 9789937280280.
  • Christoph Cüppers and Max Deeg (eds), Searching for the Dharma, Finding Salvation - Buddhist Pilgrimage in Time and Space, Lumbini 2014. USD 25 – ISBN No. 9789937288255
  • Gudrun Bühnemann, Śākyamuni’s Return Journey to Lumbini (lumbinīyātrā): A Study of a Popular Theme in Newar Buddhist Art and Literature, Lumbini 2015. USD 20 – ISBN No. 9789937294621
  • Gregor Paul (ed.), Logic in Buddhist Scholasticism, Lumbini 2015. USD 35 – ISBN No. 9789937297202.
  • Helmut Eimer, The Dhāraṇī Volume Acc. No. 90.411 Kept in The Newark Museum, Lumbini 2015. USD 15 – ISBN No. 978-9937-2-8994-8.
  • Max Deeg, Miscellanae Nepalicae: Early Chinese Reports on Nepal The Foundation Legend of Nepal in its Trans-Himalayan Context, Lumbini 2016. USD 40 – ISBN No. 978-9937009140 – DESCRIPTION
  • Gitu Giri, Terracotta Art in Nepal, Lumbini 2016. USD 25 – ISBN 9789937017688.
  • Jörg Heimbel, Vajradhara in Human Form. The Life and Times of Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po, Lumbini 2017. USD 42 – ISBN No. 978-9937-0-28493.
  • Volker Caumanns and Marta Sernesi, Fifteenth Century Tibet: Cultural Blossoming and Political Unrest, Lumbini 2018. USD 25 – ISBN No. 978-9937-0-3042-7.
  • John Vincent Bellezza. Besting the Best: Warriors and Warfare in the Cultural and Religious Traditions of Tibet. A Historical Ethnographic and Archaeological Survery of Martialism over the Last Three Millenia, Lumbini: 2020. 563 pages. USD 80.- ISBN 978-9937-0-6304-3
  • On a Day of a Month of the Fire Bird Year: Festschrift for Peter Schwieger on the
    occasion of his 65th birthday. Edited by Jeannine Bischoff, Petra Maurer & Charles Ramble. Lumbini: 2020. 1015 pages. USD 55.- ISBN 978-9937-0-6110-0
  • Michael Pahlke. The Perfect Liberation of the Mahāsiddha Chunga Rinpoche (1899-1980), Lumbini: 2020. 266 pages. USD 25.- ISBN 978-9937-0-7877-1
  • Franz-Karl Ehrhard. A Mirror of Jewels which Clears Away Errors: A Critical Guide to the Buddhist Sacred Sites of the Nepal Valley, Lumbini: 2020. Hardcover, 220 pages. USD 30.- ISBN 978-9937-0-7876-4
  • Kurt Tropper, The Jataka Inscriptions in the Skor lam chen mo of Zha lu Monastery. Lumbini 2023. USD 10.- ISBN 9789937139731.
  • Christoph Cuppers, Karl-Heinz Everding, Peter Schwieger (eds), A Life in Tibetan Studies: Festschrift for Dieter Schuh at the Occasion of his 80th Birthday. Lumbini 2022. USD 80.- ISBN: 9789937130042.

PUBLICATIONS of Lumbini International Research Institute (Lumbini) and Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation (Bangkok)

  • Peter Skilling and Santi Pakdeekham, Pāli Literature Transmitted in Central Siam, Bangkok: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 1, 2002. USD 25 – ISBN No. 9741321481
  • Peter Skilling and Santi Pakdeekham, Pāli and Vernacular Literature Transmitted in Central and Northern Siam, Bangkok: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 2, 2004. USD 20 – ISBN No. 9741331509
  • Olivier de Bernon, Kun Sopheap, Leng Kok-An, Inventaire provisoire des manuscrits du Cambodge. Première partie, École française d’Extrême-Orient: Paris/Bangkok: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 3, 2004. USD 25 – ISBN No. 9741332912
  • Santi Pakdeekham, Jambūpati-sūtra. A synoptic romanized edition, Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 1, 2009. USD 20 – ISBN No. 9789746609227
  • Claudio Cicuzza (ed.), Peter Skilling. Buddhism and Buddhist Literature of South-East Asia. Selected Papers, Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 5, 2009. USD 30 – ISBN No. 9789746601047
  • Claudio Cicuzza, A Mirror Reflecting the Entire World. The Pāli Buddhapādamaṅgala or the “Auspicious Signs on the Buddha’s Feet”. Critical Edition with English Translation, Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 6, 2011. USD 30 – ISBN No. 9789744965257
  • Petra Kieffer-Pülz, Sīmāvicāraṇa. A Pali letter on monastic boundaries by King Rāma IV of Siam, Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 7, 2011. USD 10 – ISBN No. 9789743503993
  • Santi Pakdeekham, Piṭakamālā. ‘The Garland of the Piṭaka’, Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 8, 2011. USD 30 – ISBN 9743504001
  • Claudio Cicuzza (ed.), Peter Nyunt. A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection. Volume 1, Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 9, 2014. USD 40 – ISBN No. 9788880007432
  • Claudio Cicuzza (ed.), Peter Nyunt. A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection. Volume 2, Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 10, 2014. USD 45 – ISBN 9788880007449
  • Claudio Cicuzza (ed.), Peter Nyunt. A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection. Volume 3, Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 11, 2015. USD 45 – ISBN No. 9788880009634
  • Daniel Stuart, The Stream of Deathless Nectar. The Short Recension of the Amatarasadhārā of the Elder Upatissa. A Commentary on the Chronicle of the Future Buddha Metteyya with a Historical Introduction, Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 12, 2017. USD 35 – ISBN No. 9788880010951
  • Santi Pakdeekham, Tāṃrā Traipiṭaka. A Handbook of the Tipiṭaka Bangkok and Lumbini: Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 13, 2017. USD 25 – ISBN No. 9-7888800110-6-4.
  • Claudio Cicuzza (ed.) “Katā me rakkhā, katāme parittā”. Protecting the protective texts and manuscripts. Proceedings of the Second International Pali Studies Week. Paris 2016, Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 14, Lumbini International Research Institute, Bangkok and Lumbini 2018. USD 30.
    ISBN 978-616-93148-0-6.
  • Olivier de Bernon, Kun Sopheap, Leng Kok An, Inventaire provisoire des manuscrits du Cambodge. Deuxième partie. Les bibliothèques institutionnelles de Phnom Penh, Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 15, École française d'Extrême-Orient and Fragile Palm Leaves, Paris and Bangkok 2018. Pp. i-670, ISBN: 978-2-85539-255 4
  • Santi Pakdeekham, History of the Pali Scriptures: Sangītiyavaṃsa by Somdet Phra Phonnarat, Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 16, Fragile Palm Leaves and Lumbini International Research Institute, Bangkok and Lumbini 2020. USD 30 – ISBN 978-616-93148-1-3
  • Santi Pakdeekham, Printed Catalogue of Pāli Literature. Uposatha Hall of Wat Thong Nopphakhun, Bangkok, Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 17, Fragile Palm Leaves and Lumbini International Research Institute, Bangkok and Lumbini 2021. USD 30 – ISBN 978-616-58278-7-4
  • Claudio Cicuzza (ed.), Proceedings of the Third International Pali Study Week, Paris 2018, Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 18, Fragile Palm Leaves and Lumbini International Research Institute, Bangkok and Lumbini 2023. USD 48 – ISBN 978-616-93148-2-0
  • Santi Pakdeekham, History of the Emerald Buddha and Sihiṅga Buddha Ratanabimbavaṃsa by Brahmarājapaññā Gāthā. Tāṃnān Phra Kaew Morakot by King Mongkut. Sihiṅganidāna by Bodhiraṅsī, Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka, vol. 19, Fragile Palm Leaves and Lumbini International Research Institute Bangkok and Lumbini 2022. USD 35 – ISBN 978-616-594-984-2