Title
Professor of Buddhist and South Asian Studies

Department
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies


Faculty URL
http://sseas.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/alexander-von-rospatt

Email
rospatt@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 642-1610

Fax
(510) 643-2959


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Research Expertise and Interest
ritual studies, Nepalese studies, Buddhist traditions of South Asia, doctrinal history, Newar Buddhism

Research Description
Doctrinal history of Indian Buddhism, particularly Abhidharma and Yogacara. Newar Buddhism of the Kathmandu Valley with a focus on its rituals (historical chronicles, life-cycle rituals, consecration rituals including the rites of constructing and renovating stupas) and on its narrative traditions, particularly the Svayambhupurana. Newar Buddhist paintings and their ritual uses.