Please visit the following web pages for more details on
1. Three Prakrit manuscripts (from the Jain canonical scriptures)
2. Editions and translations from the Āvaśyaka literature [forthcoming]
3. Buddhistische Klostermalerei in Sri Lanka (A survey on Buddhist murals in Sri Lanka)
6. Photographs: Murals and Statues in Sri Lankan Temples
The table of contents of the articles on Buddhist murals (3rd to 6th) is certainly helpful for a first impression of the topics which are presented here.
Dr. Rolf Heinrich Koch
Bamberg, Germany/Galle, Sri Lanka
• Dickenmessung mittels β-Strahlung. TH Nürnberg 1975 [unveröffentlichte Diplomarbeit].
Publications on Indological subjects:
• Asketen und Askese (tapas) in ausgewählten Episoden des Mahābhārata. München 1980 [unveröffentlichte Magisterarbeit].
• Die Namaskāra-Vyākhyā der Āvaśyaka-Tradition. München 1990 [unveröffentlichte Dissertation].
• Āvaśyaka-tales from the Namaskāra-Vyākhyā. In: Indologica Taurinensia XVII-XVIII. Torino 1992, 221-273. PDF
(Tags: Āvaśyaka-cūrṇi, Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī)
• Udayana and Vāsavadattā according to the Āvaśyaka-tradition. In: Indologica Taurinensia XXI-XXII. Torino 1997, 183-196. PDF
(Tags: Āvaśyaka-cūrṇi, Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī)
• Subhūma in den Jaina-Versionen der Paraśurāma-Erzählung. In: Berliner Indologische Studien 11/12. Reinbek 1998, 123-158. PDF
(Tags: Āvaśyaka-cūrṇi, Vasudevahiṇḍi, Subhūma, Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī)
• Poyaya. In: Indo-Iranian Journal 41.2. Leiden 1998, 155-156.
(Tags: Āvaśyaka-cūrṇi, Vasudevahiṇḍi, Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī)
• On the interrelation of certain Prakrit sources. In: Indologica Taurinensia XXXV. Torino 2009, 275-286. PDF
(Tags: Āvaśyaka-cūrṇi, Vasudevahiṇḍi, Samarāditya Kathā, Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī)
• Das Pañcāvudha-Jātaka in der Tempelmalerei von Sri Lanka. In: Eli Franco and Monika Zin (eds.), From Turfan to Ajanta. Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Lumbini 2010, Vol. 1, 527-534. PDF
(Tags: Buddhist Murals, Sri Lanka, pañcāyudha charm, pāramitā)
• Buddhist Murals in Sri Lanka: The Kusa-Jātaka in the Monastery of Udapikvella. In: Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift 22. Berlin, 2018, pp. 27-45. PDF
(Tags: Buddhist Murals, Sri Lanka, Sinhala, Kusa-Jātaka, R. Henricus, M. Sarlis)
• Entwicklungen in der Darstellung Buddhistischer Erzählstoffe in Sri Lanka. In: Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques 2018, 72(2), 363-374. https://doi.org/10.1515/asia-2017-0086
(Tags: Buddhist Murals, Sri Lanka, Sinhala, Ummagga-Jātaka, M. Sarlis)
• Vessantara-Malereien in Sri Lanka: Eine umfassende Darstellung des Jātakas im Kloster Aśokarama. In: Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift 23. Berlin, 2019, 61-90. PDF
(Tags: Buddhist Murals, Sri Lanka, Vessantara-Jātaka)
• Late 19th Century Jātaka Murals at the Buddhist Monastery in Batuvantudava, Sri Lanka. In: Arts Asiatiques 75. Paris, 2020, 27-42. https://publications.efeo.fr/en/livres/950_arts-asiatiques-75-2020
(Tags: Buddhist Murals, Sri Lanka, Culladhammapāla-Jātaka, Devadhamma-Jātaka, Dhammasoṇḍa-Jātaka, Khadiraṅgāra-Jātaka, Khantivādī-Jātaka, Sambulā-Jātaka, Sattubhasta-Jātaka)
• Das Cullapaduma-Jātaka in der Literatur sowie in der Malerei und den darstellenden Künsten Sri Lankas. In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 58. Wien, 2019–2021, 9-44. http://www.austriaca.at/?arp=0x003d75d7
(Tags: Buddhist Murals, Sri Lanka, Sukumālikā, Viśākha, Jātaka, Āvaśyaka-niryukti, Saṅghabhedavastu, Kōlam)
Book Reviews:
• Adelheid Mette, Indische Kulturstiftungsberichte und ihr Verhältnis zur Zeitaltersage. München 1998 [unveröffentlicht]. PDF
• Nalini Balbir, Āvaśyaka-Studien. Introduction générale et traductions. In: ZDMG 150. Mainz 2000, 365-380. PDF
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