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The Moment the Mahāvīra Attained Omniscience 大梵天王获得全知的那一刻

IF 0.2 4区社会学

INDO-IRANIAN JOURNAL Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06701003

Herman Tieken

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Transmitting Awareness (saṅkrānti): A Point of Contact in Abhinavagupta’s Śaiva Aesthetics 传递意识（saṅkrānti）：阿毗那瓦古普塔圣战美学中的接触点

IF 0.2 4区社会学

INDO-IRANIAN JOURNAL Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06702005

James D. Reich, Ben Williams

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The Sanskrit Auxiliary sthā- ‘stand’, with a Note on Avestan stā- 梵语辅助词 sthā- "站立"，附阿维斯陀语 stā- 注释

IF 0.2 4区社会学

INDO-IRANIAN JOURNAL Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06702001

Beatrice Grieco

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The Syntax of Colophons. A Comparative Study across Pothi Manuscripts , by Nalini Balbir and Giovanni Ciotti, eds. Colophons 的句法。Pothi 手稿比较研究》，纳利尼-巴尔比尔和乔瓦尼-西奥蒂编。

IF 0.2 4区社会学

INDO-IRANIAN JOURNAL Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06701001

Oskar von Hinüber

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Remarks on a Recent Study of the Śrīmālādevīsiṁhanādanirdeśasūtra 关于最近对《圣训》的研究的评论

IF 0.2 4区社会学

INDO-IRANIAN JOURNAL Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06701004

Jonathan A. Silk

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A New Reading of the Bactrian Part of the Dašt-i Nāwur Trilingual (DN I) 达什特-伊纳乌尔三语》（DN I）巴克特里亚语部分的新解读

IF 0.2 4区社会学

INDO-IRANIAN JOURNAL Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06701005

Jakob Halfmann, Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries, Natalie Korobzow

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Obituary 讣告

IF 0.2 4区社会学

INDO-IRANIAN JOURNAL Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06701006

Carmen S. Spiers, Alexander Lubotsky, Arlo Griffiths, Jonathan A. Silk

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Bookkeeping in the Arthaśāstra 记账在Arthaśāstra

4区社会学

INDO-IRANIAN JOURNAL Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06603001

Harald Wiese

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Reciting the Goddess: Narratives of Place and the Making of Hinduism in Nepal , by Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz 《背诵女神:尼泊尔的地方叙事与印度教的形成》，杰西卡·万汀·伯肯霍兹著