AAV 38 (2025)

Editorial Board

Redaktor naczelna:

dr Małgorzata Wielińska-Soltwedel

Sekretarz redakcji, Dział Azji Wschodniej i Centralnej:

dr Nicolas Levi

Dział Azji Południowej i Południowo-Wschodniej:

dr Małgorzata Glinicka

dr hab. Ołena Łucyszyna

Konsultacja językowa (jęz. angielski):

dr Jo Harper

Skład, łamanie i projekt okładki:

Janusz R. Janiszewski

Articles in this issue

The Sphinx of Pattanam. A Game-Changing Workshop in India

India Trade workshop engraved gems Rome Pattanam

Alfred Bosch Surís | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 5–29

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.tmnx3233

The Notion of Linguistic Convention (saṁketa) in the Prameya-kamala-mārtaṇḍa 427.22–431.9

Prabhācandra Māṇikyanandin Jainism meaning saṁketa sahaja-yogyatā śabda artha vastu

Małgorzata B. Glinicka | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 31–53

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.rsfz7727

The Unfolding Logic of the Pali Anatta-Lakkhaṇa Sutta, and the Issue of Control

anattā meaning sakkāya-diṭṭhi the “I am” conceit Self asceticism dukkha “inner controller”the nature of control Dhamma-cakka-ppavattana Sutta Khemaka Sutta Cūḷa-saccaka Sutta

Peter Harvey | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 55–83

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.ddou4623

The Visit of the Sixteen Brahmin Ascetics in the Buddhist Art of Kucha: Visual Representations and Literary Sources

Kuchean Buddhist paintings Brahmin Ascetics Sixteen Pārāyaṇas Bāvari Maitreya

Ines Konczak-Nagel | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 85–105

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.shxr9079

Exploring Gandhāran Relic Rituals and Veneration II: Ritual Vignettes on Gandhāran Pedestal Reliefs

gender Buddhism Gandhāra pedestals community relics rituals

Ashwini Lakshminarayanan | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 107–150

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.bzyt7368

Describing the New in Old Style: Technological Modernity and Natural Imagery in A. R. Rājarājavarma’s Āṅgalasāmrājya

A. R. Rājarājavarma Sanskrit mahākāvya modern Sanskrit literature Lord Dalhousie East India Company technology locomotive

David Pierdominici Leão | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 151–170

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.jwtg4818

The Buddha and the Sun Disk: Some Reflections on the Dialectics of Light in a Relief from Matkanai, Pakistan

Buddha Gandharan art light metaphors solar imagery Indra’s Visit to the Buddha Indraśailaguhā Gods’ Entreaty to Preach the Dharma Visit of the Sixteen Pārāyaṇa Ascetics

Jessie Pons | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 171–220

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.xbmi1252

The Obligation to Worship God and Theistic Vedānta Philosophy

Rāmānuja worship obligation God

Gyan Prakash | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 221–235

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.ivpp6847

The Use of Blue in the Ajanta Paintings

trade Ajanta paintings lapis lazuli lazurite natural ultramarine indigo Indian art

Mercedes Tortorici | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 237–272

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.ptir8584

Society in the Pit of Suffering, Society in the Ocean of Bliss – How the Ironical Language of Nārāyaṇa Guru Contributed to His Politics of Social Transformation with the Help of the Tamil Siddhas’ Concept of the Lord’s Grace

twilight language of Siddhas Nārāyaṇa Guru Arddhanārīśvara Stavam Ātmōpadēśa Śatakam Śaivism

Hanna Urbańska | CMS 38 (2025) | Pages: 273–295

https://doi.org/10.60018/AcAsVa.kgmq5047