The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism

About the Author
Min Bahadur Shakya is a scholar of Newar and Tibetan
Buddhism. Among his major publications are hort istory
of uddhism in epal, 1984. ntroduction to uddhist
onasteries of athmandu alley, 1986.
He was elected Vice President of World Fellowship of
Buddhist Youth WFBY for the years 1984–1988. His major research
work on ife and ontribution of epalese rincess
hrikuti evi is shortly forthcoming. Mr. Shakya was nominated
by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, Fokuang Shan, Taiwan as
Research Associate in Fokuang Shan Chinese Buddhist Research
Academy for the years 1989–1990.
In 1990, he was granted a SAARC Fellowship (Buddhist
Studies) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, impu, Bhutan.
Currently he is working as the Chief Editor of uddhist imalaya,
a bi-annual journal dealing with Buddhism in the Himalayan
regions. He has also contributed more a dozen research
papers in reputed foreign journals. Since 1986, he is teaching in
Engineering Institute, Pulchowk Campus, Lalitpur. Presently
he is the Director, Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods.
Foreword
Under the definition of andicrafts there are multiple products.
Of them the statues of gods and goddesses of Buddhism and
Hinduism stand foremost.eir importance is enhanced not only
because of the fact that they are hand made but also that they are
made by using meticulously time-consuming traditional tech-
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