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

1015 pages49 contributions of different fields of Tibetology. CONTENTS 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 Ladakhi 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. Maudgaly? yana rettet seine Mutter aus der Hölle zur tibetischen Überlieferung der Erzählung SIGLINDE DIETZ und HELMUT EIMER 123 09. China’s Narrative of Tibet LOBSANG DIKY 139 10. Tibet und Japan während der letzten Phase der russischen Expansion in Asien KARL-HEINZ GOLZIO und GÜNTHER 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 xvi 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 JÖRG HEIMBEL 331 19. The poly sculpture of a golden Prajñ? p? ramit? : a historical, iconographic and aesthetic enigma AMY HELLER 359 20. Codicological study of Tibetan historical documents from the André Alexander collection in the context of preservation of Tibetan archival heritage AGNIESZKA HELMAN-WA? NY 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 J? takam? l? of ? rya?? ra 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 Berücksichtigung des Mongolischen RUDOLF KASCHEWSKY 453 25. Negotiating the Buddhist future: Rdo rje shugs ldan in Mongolia KARÉNINA KOLLMAR-PAULENZ 481 xvii 26. Ballade vom Mann auf der Treppe für Peter Schwieger zum 65. Jahr WOLFGANG 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 Universität: Zirkel schwarzer Magie oder professorale Ideenbörse? CHRISTINE SCHIRRMACHER 669 38. Tibetan le.…