CIHTS

Centre for Tibetan Literature

Ongoing Projects

1.	Title: History of Tibetan Literature. Vol. 1 Author: Beri Geshe Jigme Wangyal Title of text: History of Tibetan Literature. Vol. 1 Language: Tibetan Nature of work: Presents the origins and sources of primitive Tibetan literature, and Classic Tibetan Literature, Tibetan Literature of during the reign of Tibetan Emperors. Also includes Tibetan Religious Songs, Good-sayings, letters, and Classic Poetries.
2.	Title: History of Tibetan Literature. Vol. 2 Author: Beri Geshe Jigme Wangyal Title of text: History of Tibetan Literature. Vol. 2 Language: Tibetan Nature of work: : presents mainly about Tibetan traditional literature. How the Tibetan traditional literature originated from India, How the Bka'-'gyur (“Translation of the Buddha’s Words”) and Bstan-'gyur (“Translation of Treatises”) came into being? How many Indian Pundits came to Tibet, and how many Tibetan translators went to India? How did the Tibetan traditional literary theories come into existence? How Mahākāvya and poems, Avadānas, dramas, Subhāṣitānis developed in Tibetan literature. It also includes history of the Tibetan grammatical works and Abhidhānas.
3.	Title: History of Tibetan Literature. Vol. 3 Author: Beri Geshe Jigme Wangyal Title of text: History of Tibetan Literature. Vol. 3 Language: Tibetan Nature of work: Includes history of poetic theories, that of dramas, of Sanskrit literature, and that of Buddhist Literature, biographies of some renowned writers.
4.	Title: History of Tibetan Literature. Vol. 4 Author: Beri Geshe Jigme Wangyal Title of text: History of Tibetan Literature. Vol. 4 Language: Tibetan Nature of work: about Tibetan Modern Literature.
5.	Title: Analytical Annotation of Nāgānanda Nāṭakam Of Śrī Harṣa. Author: Beri Geshe Jigme Wangyal Title of text: Analytical Annotation of Nāgānanda Nāṭakam Of Śrī Harṣa. Language: Tibetan Nature of work: Critical edition with comprehensive study and annotative notes of an existing 13th century Tibetan translation of Nāgānanda Nāṭakam (नागानन्द नाटकम्) (Joy of the Serpents), by the 7th century king Śrī Harṣa.
6.	Title: Meghadūtam of Kālidāsa (New Tibetan Version) Author: Dorjee Kyab Title of text: Meghadūtam of Kālidāsa (New Tibetan Version) Language: Tibetan and Sanskrit Nature of work: Translation of Cloud Messenger of Kālidāsa into Tibetan, with critical edition of Sanskrit text and provided with a complete Sanskrit-Tibetan Vocabulary as well.