Esoteric Transmissions: 'The Vanaratna Codex' (Royal Asiatic Society, London, MS Hodgson 35) (C01)

• Subject Area: Asian Studies
• Term: from 2011 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 181924784

The project studies the period 1825-1925 in Nepalese Sanskrit manuscript culture. This is a period of changes and innovations, many of which show the influence of (Western) book-culture and Western-style Indological scholarship. This influence will be investigated and clarified in detail through the minute study of a corpus of 40 Nepalese paper manuscripts preserved in Nepal, India and England. The result of the project will be a doctoral dissertation on Nepalese Sanskrit manuscript culture in transition: the influence of Western book-culture and a related article.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 950: Collaborative Research Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures
• Applicant Institution: Universität Hamburg
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Harunaga Isaacson