Asta- Doha Kosa(The Eight Doha Treasures)
Sanjib Kumar Das
ISBN: 9789385161810, 9385161814
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Title: Asta- Doha Kosa(The Eight Doha Treasures)
Author: Sanjib Kumar Das
ISBN 13: 9789385161810
ISBN 10: 9385161814
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages etc.: 310p., demi
Binding: Hardbound
Aayu Publications
The book titled AÏÑa-DohÊ-KoÏa
(The Eight Treasures of DohÊ) is a work containing
the compilation of eight short texts in Tibetan language and their English
translations. The works are ascribed to both the Indian and Tibetan siddhas, namely Saraha, Virupa, Naropa, Maitripa and others. The term DohÊ
is rendered into English as Couplets or Spiritual Songs, consist the
natural and humanistic simile and metaphor indicating the nature of MahÊmudrÊ and the method of attaining it. Its every stanza
is related to the taste of siddhas realization.
Born in a middle class family in West Bengal, Dr. Sanjib Kumar Das was educated at ChandparaNimnaBuniyadiVidyalaya
(Amtala) and then in GobardangaKhantura
High School. Meanwhile, due
to some of his personal
problems, he fled away from home and worked as a waiter in several hotels and
sweet shops for about two years in Kolkata. Later, he went to Darjeeling and
took shelter in a Buddhist Monastery where he also worked as a helper of mason
for about a year. There, an auspicious co-incidence came upon in his life that
also totally changed his life as well. On account of the kindness of the ThuptenSangaChöling Monastery, he was admitted in its
branch school named 'Drukpa Kagyu
Destitute Home' where he studied upto standard VIII.
Subsequently, he was sent to Varanasi in 1989 in order to get admission in the
then Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (present CUTS), Sarnath for higher studies. Getting admission, he obtained
M.A., pursuing upon Buddhist Philosophy, Tibetan Language and other prescribed
subjects. In 1998, he was awarded with the KashiNaresh
Gold Medal for being the best student of 1998. After completing M.A., he
started doing his Ph.D. which he completed in 2002. In 1999, he was invited as
a Translator from Tibetan into English to Taiwan where he stayed for about five
months. In 2002, he got a temporary job in the Translation Department in the
CIHTS, Sarnath and simultaneously a permanent job in
Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh where he
worked for about six years. In 2008, he got a new job in Visva-Bharati
University, Santiniketan where he has been working on
the post of Associate Professor in the Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies since
he joined. Apart from his academic works, Dr. Das was also carried out the
responsibility of HOD [Head of the Department], Department of Indo-Tibetan
Studies, Visva-Bharati for about seven years as well
as the I/C Director, Centre for Buddhist Studies, Visva-Bharati
for three years. Dr. Das has also composed, translated, edited, restored and compiled
several books which have been published by different universities, institutions
and publishers in India. Apart from translation, compilation, restoration and
editing work, Dr. Das attended number of Local, National and International
seminars, and presented papers.
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