emer. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil.

Ernst Steinkellner

Ernst Steinkellner

Mit der Führung der Geschäfte des Sekretärs der philosophisch-historischen Klasse der ÖAW von 1994 bis 1995 betraut

Full Member of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences since 1988

  • Institute of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna

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Research Areas:

  • Linguistics and Literature
  • Indology
  • Tibetan studies
  • Buddhism
  • Epistemology
  • Logic

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Publications:

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Selected Memberships:

  • Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing

Selected Prizes:

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein-Preis der Österreichischen Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Indira Gandhi Gold Plaque of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata
  • Kardinal-Innitzer-Würdigungspreis
  • The Eastern Study Prize, Eastern Institute Tokyo
  • MA h.c. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Selected Publications:

  • Dharmakīrtis frühe Logik. Annotierte Übersetzung der logischen Teile von Pramāṇavārttika 1 mit der Vṛtti. I. Introduction, Übersetzung, Analyse. II. Introduction, Anmerkungen, Anhänge etc. (Studia Philologica Buddhica. Monograph Series 29a,b). Tokyo: The International Institute for Buddhist Studies 2013. I. pp. xliv + 142, II. pp. ix + 454
  • Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇaviniścaya, Chapters 1 and 2. Critically edited. (Sanskrit Texts from the Tibetan Autonomous Region 2), pp. xvlviii + 142, 8 fotos. BeijingVienna: CTPH – AASP 2007.

Dignāga's Pramāṇasamuccaya, Chapter 1. A hypothetical reconstruction of the Sanskrit text with the help of the two Tibetan translations on the basis of the hitherto known Sanskrit fragments and the linguistic materials gained from Jinendrabuddhi's Ṭīkā. IX + 35 Seiten.

  • A Tale of Leaves. On Sanskrit Manuscripts in Tibet, their Past and their Future. In Reihe: Gonda lecture, 11; Amsterdam: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (39 Seiten).
  • Sudhanaʼs Miraculous Journey in the Temple of Ta pho. The inscriptional text of the Tibetan Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra edited with introductory remarks. (Serie Orientale Roma 76). 114 Seiten. 8 Karten. Roma 1995.