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Miroj Shakya, coordinator, DSBCP has presented a paper title “Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon and its connection with the Chinese Buddhist Canon” at the international conference “Spreading Buddha’s Words in China: The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon” at University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona on March 25-28, 2011.

Dear Visitors!

Happy New Year 2011! I am pleased to let you know that  five new texts are online now. There are listed below and please do write some feedbacks on the quality of texts.

1.Madhyamakahṛdayaḥ of Bhavya

2. Mahāvadānasūtram

3.Yogācārabhūmiḥ

4. Marmakālikā of Viryashrimitra

5.Advayavajrasaṅgrahaḥ of Advayavajra

Thanks

Miroj Shakya

Project coordinator

Dear Visitors!

Glad to inform you that after one year break, now DSBC Project is starting to offer new texts on New renovated DSBC Site. As a first installment, please find seven new texts listed below and please write some feedback on the quality of texts.

1. Abhisamayālaṇkāraloka by Acarya Haribhadra
2. Abhidharmāmṛta by Ghosaka
3. Advayasiddhiḥ by Laksminkara
4. Ātreyatilaka by Āterya
5. Nyāyabinduṭīkā by Dharmottara
6. Pratimālakṣaṇavivaraṇam edited by Dr. Banarsi Lal
7. Tattvasiddhiḥ bt Acarya Shantaraksita

Thanks

Miroj Shakya

Project coordinator 

The second Union Catalogue of Buddhist Texts (UCBT) meeting was held in Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Wang Noi campus, Ayutthaya, Thailand on 10-12 October, 2010, sponsored by the International Association of Buddhist Universities (IABU). The goal of the meeting was to establish cooperation among electronic initiatives related to Buddhism and to work toward producing a Union Catalog of the Buddhist texts. In order to fulfill this goal, 30 members from 16 different countries working on electronic Buddhist texts of four major languages, namely Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan, gathered to create a Union Catalogue of Buddhist Texts through working on the following tasks:

(1) To link existing electronic catalogs and text files for all the Buddhist canons.
(2) To develop bibliographical information on translations and published academic works in all languages on individual canonical texts.
(3) To provide support for the dissemination of electronic information on Buddhism for the general public.

Miroj Shakya, Convener of the Sanskrit Language Group of the UCBT, and project coordinator of Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Project, University of the West, together with his team, was assigned to catalogue all the Buddhist Sanskrit materials extant in the world. This work has not been done in the past; hence it will be pioneering work for University of the West to lead the group to accomplish this milestone. The meeting has also set the deadline of Dec 15, 2011 for the launch of the UCBT website.

University of the West signed Memorandum of Understanding on 7th May, 2010 with ECAI, UC Berkeley to digitize nineteen rare Sanskrit Buddhist books from UC Berkeley Library. This input project will commence on July 2010 and finish on the end of December 2010.

List of the Books as follows:
No. Title

1 Vinayasutravrttyabhidhanasvavyakhyanam
2 Vaidalyasūtram
3 Tantrapradipah
4 Tantrayuktivicāraḥ
5 Rupa mala
6 Tarkabhāṣa and Vādasthāna of Mokṣākaragupta and Jitāripāda
7 Dakṭara-Śrīyatīndravimala-Caturdhurīṇa-viracitaṃ Niṣkiñcana-Yaśodharam
8 Pañcakanyātaraṅgiṇī
9 Ārya satyam
10 Padyacintamani nam Nagasena carita mahakavyaya
11 Jñāpakasamuccaya
12 Bauddhālaṅkāra-śāstram ; Subodhālaṅkāra-svabāpālaṅkārātmakam
13 Sudhābhojanam
14 Ḍimapañcakam
15 Aspects of Buddhist culture, including Veera kanya vahini = Vīra kanyā vāhinī
16 Nanda-Gautamīyam naṭakam
17 Madanādinighaṇṭuḥ
18 Bhāgavr̥tti-saṅkalanam
19 Dharmapadavyakhyanam

Miroj Shakya, Coordinator of Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Project has participated ECAI Workshop at Hong Kong Science Centre, City University of Hong Kong on May 27-30, 2010. The theme of the workshop is “Visual Analytics for Humanities and Arts: Charting the Course.” It is hosted by Centre for Creative Media and Department of Chinese Translation Linguistics.

The focus of this workshop was to plan the collaboration between ECAI and the CUHK Sponsoring Units. The process of visualizing data for pattern recognition including the potential of immersive environments is a research goal of the institutions. We have discussed about how to deal with a range of data including textual, archaeological, and cultural heritage materials.

16 workshop members have seen the new immersive lab theatres just being constructed by the Centre for Creative Media which is one of the main attractions of this workshop.

Shakya has attended another workshop at Fudan University, Shanghai on May 30- June 2, 2010. The theme of the workshop is “Cultural Atlas Construction and Planning,” sponsored by Library and Department of Geography of Fudan University, Shanghai. The workshop was open to institutions that are either in the planning stage for Cultural Atlas construction or having already begun the actual work. This workshop has given a platform to the beginners to show their own projects and open the door to collaborate with other members of different projects. A focus was on “Religious Atlases of Asia” including the proposed new project to explore seaports and maritime archaeology.

The workshop members have visited a one-day tour of the exciting Shanghai EXPO 2010.

DSBC Project will attend the International Buddhist Conference on the United Nations Day of Vesak (May 4-6) in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme of the conference is 'Buddhist approach to global crisis'. And sub-themes consist of: (1) Buddhist Approach to environment crisis (2) Buddhist approach to economic crisis (3) Buddhist approach to Political conflict and peace development (4) IABU workshop (5) Common Buddhist text project and (5) Buddhist E-resources and network.

Miroj Shakya, DSBC Project Manager, will be participating as a panelist of the workshop on "Buddhist Electronic Resources and Networks." Buddhists from 80 countries are participating Vesak 2009 at Thailand. For details, please visit http://www.icundv.com/