Vol. 5 No. 2 June 1999
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research
CONTENTS
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TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH - 3
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B. Babajanov. Biographies of Makhdum-i A‘zam al-Kasani al-Dahbidi, Shaykh of the Sixteenth-Century Naqshbandiya - 3 |
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S. Prozorov. A Unique Manuscript of a Biographical Dictionary by a Khorezmian Author - 9 |
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I. Kulganek. A Mongolian Folk Songs Collection in the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies - 18 |
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M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark from Bairam-Ali: I. The Vinaya of the Sarvastivadins - 27 |
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TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION - 37
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E. Rezvan. The Qur'an and Its World. IX. The Triumph of Diversity: Muslim Exegesis - 37 |
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ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES - 58
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E. Rezvan, N. Kondybaev. The ENTRAP Software: Test Results - 58 |
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PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT - 65
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T. Pang. A Manchu Manuscript on Acupuncture - 65
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BOOK REVIEWS - 71
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Seishi Karashima. A Glossary of Dharmaraksa's Translation of the Lotus Sutra. Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, 1998, 695 pp. - Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica, I.
by M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya - 71 |
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Tatiana A. Pang and Giovanni Stary. New Light on Manchu Historiography and Literature: the Discovery of Three Documents in Old Manchu Script. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1998, III, 340 pp.
by V. Uspensky - 72 |
Dan Martin (in collaboration with Yael Bentor). Tibetan Histories: a Bibliography of Tibetan - Language Historical Works. London: Serindia Publicaitons, 1997, 296 pp.
by V. Uspensky - 72 |
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AUTHORS
Dr. Bakhtiyar B. Babajanov - Head of the Islamic studies department at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; specialist in the history of Sufism in Central Asia, author of several publications.
Dr. Nourlan S. Kondybaev - System analyst, expert in the automatic optical recognition systems, author of the software and articles in this field.
Dr. Irina V. Kulganek - Senior Researcher at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the field of Mongolian literature and culture. Author of a book on Mongolian folklore, a catalogue of materials in the Orientalists archive at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, and several articles and translations of Mongolian poetry into Russian.
Dr. Tatiana A. Pang - Researcher at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, author of several works devoted to Manchu literature, culture and philology.
Dr. Stanislav M. Prozorov - Leading Researcher at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in Muslim history and Arabic historical writing, author of several publications of Arabic texts and numerous articles.
Dr. Efim A. Rezvan - Deputy Director of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in Arabic and Islamic studies, author of several monographs and numerous articles dealing with Arab-Russian relations, the history of Islam and oriental studies computing.
Dr. Vladimir L. Uspensky - Senior Researcher at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the field of Mongolian history and Mongolian and Tibetan manuscripts.
Prof. Dr. Margarita I. Vorobyovar Desyatovshaya - Chief Keeper of the Manuscript Fund at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the history and philology of Ancient Central Asia, author of numerous monographs and articles in this field. |
