David Snellgrove is renowned for his ability to convey the spirit as well as the textual interpretation of Sanskrit and Tibetan texts relating to the history of Buddhism. Since his retirement from teaching commitments in 1982, he has expanded his interests to South Asia, primarily Indonesia, and now Cambodia. He is a Doctor of Literature at the University of Cambridge, Professor Emeritus of the University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy.
A Cultural History of the Khmers
Travel / Weatherhill Books
Hardcover / Weatherhill / 266 pages / 8 x 11 1/8
ISBN 978-0-8348-0539-2 / April 2004
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Since Cambodia's reopening to the world in the past dozen years, following its genocidal civil war, there has been a burgeoning interest in its history, art and architectural relics. In parallel with this growing popular interest has been a renewal of international scholarly work and corresponding...
Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors
Buddhism, General / Buddhism, Tibetan
Hardcover / Shambhala Publications / 672 pages / 6 x 9
ISBN 978-1-57062-973-0 / September 2002
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This volume provides a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and its subsequent establishment in Tibet. It concentrates on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice, from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries, when the Tibetans were actively engaged in absorbing all they could find of...
