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Review Of Receptacle Of The Sacred: Illustrated Manuscripts And The Buddhist Book Cult In South Asia By Jinah Kim., Alexander James O’Neill
Review Of Receptacle Of The Sacred: Illustrated Manuscripts And The Buddhist Book Cult In South Asia By Jinah Kim., Alexander James O’Neill
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of Tibetan Environmentalists In China: The King Of Dzi By Liu Jianqiang, Translated By Ian Rowen, Cyrus K. Hui, And Emily Yeh., Alexander R. O’Neill
Review Of Tibetan Environmentalists In China: The King Of Dzi By Liu Jianqiang, Translated By Ian Rowen, Cyrus K. Hui, And Emily Yeh., Alexander R. O’Neill
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of Mapping Shangrila: Contested Landscapes In The Sino-Tibetan Borderlands Edited By Emily T. Yeh And Chris Coggins., Elsie Love
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Himalayan Studies And Interdisciplinarity Workshop, Priyanka Chatterjee
Himalayan Studies And Interdisciplinarity Workshop, Priyanka Chatterjee
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Conference Report on the Himalayan Studies and Interdisciplinarity Workshop.
Challenging The Biomedical Notion Of ‘Active Substance’: The Botanical Plasticity Of Tibetan Medical Formulas, Herbert Schwabl, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
Challenging The Biomedical Notion Of ‘Active Substance’: The Botanical Plasticity Of Tibetan Medical Formulas, Herbert Schwabl, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan medicine) has been practiced across vast regions of Central and South Asia for centuries. In this medical tradition, it is common practice to dynamically adapt the mainly herbal formulas according to the regional flora and local conditions, and to use local variants of ingredients. Consequently, one Tibetan ingredient name within a specific formula can signify a variety of therapeutically fitting botanical items, which appear quite different from the perspective of modern taxonomy. This has led many researchers to understand the botanical plasticity of Tibetan medical formulas as misidentifications. We develop an alternative approach, exploring the advantages of …
Conceptions Of Potency, Purity, And Synergy-By-Design: Toward Developing A Sowa Rigpa Medical Theory-Based Approach To Pharmaceutical Research, Tawni L. Tidwell, James H. Nettles
Conceptions Of Potency, Purity, And Synergy-By-Design: Toward Developing A Sowa Rigpa Medical Theory-Based Approach To Pharmaceutical Research, Tawni L. Tidwell, James H. Nettles
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Sowa Rigpa institutions and practitioners have growing interest in examining and legitimizing Sowa Rigpa formulas vis-à-vis pharmacological research methods, seeking scientific validation of what they view as ‘potency’ and ‘purity’ for their formulas. Likewise, the pharmacology researchers have demonstrated renewed interest in herbal medical traditions in mining for new drugs to address resistance, toxicity, and optimize what they view as ‘potency’ and ‘purity.’ However, differing conceptualizations emerge when the pharmacological drug discovery process is examined to determine what is being analyzed, how it is doing so, and what assumptions underlie such methods. Whether a formula is ‘active,’ ‘toxic’ or ‘effective’ …
Gold Ash: Contested Yet Immortal, The Exceptional Potency Of Burmese Alchemy, Céline Coderey
Gold Ash: Contested Yet Immortal, The Exceptional Potency Of Burmese Alchemy, Céline Coderey
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
‘Gold ash’ (shway pya), a substance Burmese alchemists produce through a complex process of the combination and burning of metals, is considered by many Burmese as the most potent medical ingredient existing in the country. In this article, I explore the factors underpinning its exceptional potency. Grounding my analysis on ethnography conducted in Myanmar since 2004, and more specifically on the case study of Master U Shein (1926-2014), the most well-known alchemist of the country, I illustrate the multiple facets of gold medicine’s potency and show how they emerged from the dialogue between the substance and the layers of meanings …
Garuda 5 (Khyung Lnga): Ecologies Of Potency And The Poison-Medicine Spectrum Of Sowa Rigpa’S Renowned ‘Black Aconite’ Formula, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
Garuda 5 (Khyung Lnga): Ecologies Of Potency And The Poison-Medicine Spectrum Of Sowa Rigpa’S Renowned ‘Black Aconite’ Formula, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This article focuses on ethnographic work conducted at the Men-Tsee-Khang (Dharamsala, India) on Garuda 5 (khyung lnga), a commonly prescribed Tibetan medical formula. This medicine’s efficacy as a painkiller and activity against infection and inflammation is largely due to a particularly powerful plant, known as ‘virulent poison’ (btsan dug) as well as ‘the great medicine’ (sman chen), and identified as a subset of Aconitum species. Its effects, however, are potentially dangerous or even deadly. How can these poisonous plants be used in medicine and, conversely, when does a medicine become a poison? How can ostensibly the same substance be both …
The Potency Of Tradition: Turquoise, Coral, And Pearl In Sowa Rigpa, Barbara Gerke
The Potency Of Tradition: Turquoise, Coral, And Pearl In Sowa Rigpa, Barbara Gerke
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Turquoise, coral, rubies, diamonds, amber, and pearls are among the potent substances used in Tibet’s medical traditions, specifically in ‘precious pills’ or rinchen rilbu (rin chen ril bu). Tibetan physicians use precious stones as medicines only after processing, without which none of them are considered medically beneficial. In this paper, I analyze three precious substances—turquoise, coral, and pearl—which appear together in many precious pill formulas and are processed using the same techniques. Based on textual analysis and interviews with Tibetan physicians in India, I address the questions: What makes these substances particularly ‘potent,’ expressed in the Tibetan term nüpa (nus …
Potency By Name? ‘Medicine Buddha Plant’ And Other Herbs In The Japanese Scroll Of Equine Medicine (Ba’I Sōshi Emaki, 1267), Katja Triplett
Potency By Name? ‘Medicine Buddha Plant’ And Other Herbs In The Japanese Scroll Of Equine Medicine (Ba’I Sōshi Emaki, 1267), Katja Triplett
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Buddhist ritual healing and medical therapies included care for domestic animals, such as the horse. In pre-modern Japan, equine medicine (ba’i 馬医) was not restricted to the treatment of military horses; it was also practiced in a religious context. The Scroll of Equine Medicine (Ba’i sōshi emaki 馬医草紙絵 巻, 1267) is an enigmatic picture scroll held by the Tokyo National Museum. It extends to more than six meters and contains images of ten divine figures related to the healing of horses, followed by seventeen pictures of plants, and a postscript emphasizing that the content of the scroll should be kept …
Introduction | Approaching Potent Substances In Medicine And Ritual Across Asia, Barbara Gerke, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
Introduction | Approaching Potent Substances In Medicine And Ritual Across Asia, Barbara Gerke, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Introduction to themed research articles on Approaching Potent Substances in Medicine and Ritual across Asia.
Praying For Peace: Family Experiences Of Christian Conversion In Bhaktapur, Ian Gibson
Praying For Peace: Family Experiences Of Christian Conversion In Bhaktapur, Ian Gibson
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
In Nepal’s public discourse, Christianity is often described as a divisive force, perhaps a plot by foreign powers to undermine the cohesion of Nepali society. In this article, I present ethnographic material from Bhaktapur suggesting that, at least with respect to family life, the social effects of conversion may often differ from this stereotypical picture. In Bhaktapur, I argue, conversion is more frequently a consequence of pre-existing conflicts within families than a source of new ones. Furthermore, in some contexts, the social, ethical, and ritual practices of Bhaktapurian churches can bring reconciliation to troubled families. In other contexts, conversion can …
The Soteriological Context Of A Tibetan Oracle, Katarina Turpeinen
The Soteriological Context Of A Tibetan Oracle, Katarina Turpeinen
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This paper contributes to the study of Tibetan oracles by analyzing a distinctive case of a contemporary Tibetan oracle living in exile in India. The oracular practice and personal history of Lhamo, or ‘Goddess,’ present several unusual features compared to other ethnographic accounts of Tibetan oracles. The ritual of possession is performed behind closed doors hidden from clients, and the medium typically engages in oracular ingestion multiple times during every trance. Her trance sessions also appear orderly and lack an intermediary figure who decodes the oracle’s enigmatic statements. What do these features of her oracular activities illustrate? How do they …
Subjective Well-Being In Two Himalayan Communities, Post Road Development, Michelle U. Grocke, Kimber Haddix Mckay, Thomas Foor
Subjective Well-Being In Two Himalayan Communities, Post Road Development, Michelle U. Grocke, Kimber Haddix Mckay, Thomas Foor
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Although the first road to ever be built into Humla, Nepal is still under construction, it has already spurred numerous sociocultural and economic changes, including an increased integration into the market economy, changing access to market-purchased foods, and new kinds of health-seeking behavior. This paper is part of a larger research project where we examined changing health and nutrition outcomes co-synchronous with the arrival of this road. In this paper, we focus on whether and how the road is affecting villagers’ subjective well-being (SWB). We studied this while living and working with people from two Humli villages, one that is …
Deadly Predators And Virtuous Buddhists: Dog Population Control And The Politics Of Ethics In Ladakh, Karine Gagné
Deadly Predators And Virtuous Buddhists: Dog Population Control And The Politics Of Ethics In Ladakh, Karine Gagné
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
The region of Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas has recently seen a rise in attacks by stray dogs, some of which have been fatal. The dogs’ claims on territory have not gone uncontested in an emotional landscape fraught with anxieties over religious identities as tensions prevail between a Buddhist and a Muslim population. Consideration for the political effects of ethical discourses about dogs in Ladakh reveals how dog population control, and the intricately linked question of dog care have implications for the shaping of an animal ethics as a contentious political question. In the public sphere, some interpret matters related …
Gallery | Potent Substances In A Thirteenth Century Japanese Scroll Painting, Katja Triplett, Barbara Gerke, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
Gallery | Potent Substances In A Thirteenth Century Japanese Scroll Painting, Katja Triplett, Barbara Gerke, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of A Grammar Of The Thangmi Language: With An Ethnolinguistic Introduction To The Speakers And Their Culture By Mark Turin, Narayan P. Sharma
Review Of A Grammar Of The Thangmi Language: With An Ethnolinguistic Introduction To The Speakers And Their Culture By Mark Turin, Narayan P. Sharma
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of On The Fringes Of The Harmonious Society: Tibetans And Uyghurs In Socialist China, Edited By Brox Trine And Ildiko Beller-Hann, André-Anne Côté
Review Of On The Fringes Of The Harmonious Society: Tibetans And Uyghurs In Socialist China, Edited By Brox Trine And Ildiko Beller-Hann, André-Anne Côté
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of Chidra By Nadav Harel And Arik Moran, Mark Turin
Review Of Chidra By Nadav Harel And Arik Moran, Mark Turin
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Himalayan Studies Conference V, The Tibet Himalaya Initiative, University Of Colorado, Boulder
Himalayan Studies Conference V, The Tibet Himalaya Initiative, University Of Colorado, Boulder
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
The Tibet Himalaya Initiative at CU Boulder had the honor of hosting the 5th Himalayan Studies Conference of the Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) over Labor Day weekend, 1-4 September 2018.
Annual Kathmandu Conference On Nepal And The Himalaya, Alexander James O'Neill
Annual Kathmandu Conference On Nepal And The Himalaya, Alexander James O'Neill
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
The Seventh Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya took place at Hotel Shanker in Kathmandu on 25-27 July 2018.
Obituary | Andreas Gruschke (1960–2018), Yonten Nyima
Obituary | Andreas Gruschke (1960–2018), Yonten Nyima
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Interacting With The 'Himalayan Ummah'. The Case Of Xidaotang, A Chinese Muslim Community From Lintan, Marie-Paule Hille
Interacting With The 'Himalayan Ummah'. The Case Of Xidaotang, A Chinese Muslim Community From Lintan, Marie-Paule Hille
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This short essay discusses whether Xidaotang, a Chinese Muslim community, may be considered as belonging to the ‘Himalayan ummah’. Historically and until today, especially via trade, this community has been in close contact with the Himalayan region, understood as the mountainous zone of the Tibetan Plateau. By analyzing these trading interactions and the sociability they induce, it is possible to investigate to what extent Xidaotang members, with their own cultural background, religious practices and social experiences, have contributed to diversify the Islamic landscape in the Himalayan region, to which Amdo belongs.
Perspectives From The Field: Interviews With The Alima Of Ladakh, Jacqueline H. Fewkes
Perspectives From The Field: Interviews With The Alima Of Ladakh, Jacqueline H. Fewkes
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This article is based on a series of interviews with a group of female Islamic scholars—alima—in Leh, Ladakh, who were the first four women from the region to receive a religious education in a formal madrassa (religious school). The women interviewed attended Jamiatus Salehat, a Deobandi religious boarding school located in Malageon Maharashtra (India), in the late 1980s. They graduated in 1991, returning to Ladakh to teach religion in the area. Today, these four women conduct public religious teachings for women in both Leh and Nubra valleys, and educate their family members about Islam as well. Segments of interviews conducted …
Exploring Biomedical, Temporal, And Embodied Perspectives On The Timing Of Birth In Central Nepal, Jan Brunson, Suman Raj Tamrakar
Exploring Biomedical, Temporal, And Embodied Perspectives On The Timing Of Birth In Central Nepal, Jan Brunson, Suman Raj Tamrakar
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
As an ANHS Senior Fellow, I began to explore the standardization of time in obstetrics and its translation into everyday practice in Nepal by analyzing the various perspectives involved in determining a woman’s ideal time of delivery and a successful pregnancy: those of laypeople, doctors, and the scholars setting the guidelines. I observed Nepali biomedical practitioners’ negotiation of multiple understandings of parturition and their strategies for overcoming the challenges of pre- and post-term births.
How The Turtle Lost Its Shell: Sino-Tibetan Divination Manuals And Cultural Translation, Duncan J. Poupard
How The Turtle Lost Its Shell: Sino-Tibetan Divination Manuals And Cultural Translation, Duncan J. Poupard
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This article is a pan-Himalayan story about how the turtle, as a cultural symbol within Sino-Tibetan divination iconography, came to more closely resemble a frog. It attempts a comparative analysis of Sino-Tibetan divination manuals, from Tibetan Dunhuang and Sinitic turtle divination to frog divination among the Naxi people of southwest China. It is claimed that divination turtles, upon entering the Himalayan foothills, are not just turtles, but become something else: a hybrid symbol transformed via cultural diffusion, from Han China to Tibet, and on to the Naxi of Yunnan. Where borders are crossed, there is translation. If we go beyond …
Review Of River Dialogues: Hindu Faith And The Political Ecology Of Dams On The Sacred Ganga By Georgina Drew, Brian Pennington
Review Of River Dialogues: Hindu Faith And The Political Ecology Of Dams On The Sacred Ganga By Georgina Drew, Brian Pennington
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of Caste And Kinship In A Modern Hindu Society: The Newar City Of Lalitpur, Nepal By Mark Pickett, Andrew Nelson
Review Of Caste And Kinship In A Modern Hindu Society: The Newar City Of Lalitpur, Nepal By Mark Pickett, Andrew Nelson
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Newars Of Sikkim: Reinventing Language, Culture And Identity In The Diaspora By Bal Gopal Shrestha, Mona Chettri
Review Of The Newars Of Sikkim: Reinventing Language, Culture And Identity In The Diaspora By Bal Gopal Shrestha, Mona Chettri
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Prisoner Of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson In Nepal, 1820–43 By Charles Allen, Douglas F. Ober
Review Of The Prisoner Of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson In Nepal, 1820–43 By Charles Allen, Douglas F. Ober
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.