Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines
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Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines is a twice-yearly (October and April) journal published by the UMR 8155 (CRCAO) of the CNRS, Paris. The Director of the RET is Dr Jean-Luc Achard, and the editorial board includes Drs. Alice Travers (CNRS) and Charles Ramble (EPHE).
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Number 78, Juin 2025, Sprouts of Early Twentieth Century Tibetan National Consciousness
Number 77, Mai 2025, Responding to Epidemic Outbreaks in Tibetan Contexts
Number 75, Mars 2025, New Directions and Emergent Conversations in Tibetan Studies
Number 72, Juillet 2024, Proceedings of the IATS 2022 Panel
Number 71, Juin 2024, Tibet and the Oirats — The Oirat Legacy and the Origins of Tibetology
Number 69, Mars 2024, New Research on the Mi la ras pa Biographical Compendia
Number 68, Janvier 2024 - For A Critical History of the Northern Treasures — II
Number 64, Juillet 2022 - From Khyung lung to Lhasa, A Festschrift for Dan Martin
Number 62, Février 2022 - For A Critical History of the Northern Treasures
Number 55, Juillet 2020 - New Currents on the Neva River
Number 51, Juillet 2019 - Perspectives on Tibetan Culture
Number 50, Juin 2019 - Tibetan Religion and the Senses
Number 49, Mai 2019 - Reflections on Social Status in the Tibetan World
Number 44, Mars 2018 - Etudes rDzogs chen — Volume II
Number 43, Janvier 2018 - Etudes rDzogs chen — Volume I
Number 40, Juillet 2017 - Studies in The Tibetan Performing Arts
Number 38, Février 2017 - The Tulku (sprul sku) Institution in Tibetan Buddhism
Number 31, Février 2015 - Papers for Elliot Sperling
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- Cover, contents (193 kb, pp. 1-5)
- Shenrab’s Ancestors and Family Members: Where do they come from? (397 kb, pp. 1-23)
author: Kalsang Gurung - Rnying ma and Gsar ma: First Appearances of the Terms during the Ealry Phyi dar (Later Spread of the Doctrine) (393 kb, pp. 25-46)
author: Kadri Raudsepp - Biographical Sources for Researching the Life of Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po (1382-1456) (778 kb, pp. 47-91)
author: Jörg Heimbel - Doxography and philosophy: the usage and significance of school denominations in Red mda’ ba gzhon nu blo gros’ Ornament of the Proofs of Consciousness (475 kb, pp. 93-119)
author: Pierre-Julien Harter - Gorampa Sonam Senge on the Refutation of the Four Extremes (340 kb, pp. 121-137)
author: Constance Kassor - Instructions on the View (lta khrid) of the Two Truths: Prajñāraśmi's (1518-1584) Bden gnyis gsal ba’i sgron me (1518-1584) (893 kb, pp. 139-213)
author: Marc-Henri Deroche - An Entrance to the Practice Lineage as exemplified in Kaḥ thog Dge rtse Mahāpaṇḍita's Commentary on Sa skya Paṇḍita's Sdom gsum rab dbye (516 kb, pp. 215-242)
author: Tomoko Makidono - Nothing to Teach: Patrul’s Peculiar Preaching on Water, Boats and Bodies (573 kb, pp. 243-277)
author: Joshua Schapiro - Kha gya'i sgar rnying dgon gyi lo rgyus dang da lta'i gnas tshul rob tsam gleng ba (438 kb, pp. 279-299)
author: 'Brug mo dkar - Sommaire des précédents numéros (356 kb, pp. 301-311)
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- Cover, contents (147 kb, pp. 1-4)
- The Liturgies and Oracular Utterances of the Spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet: An Introduction to their bSang Rituals (618 kb, pp. 5-31)
author: John Vincent Bellezza - Reb kong: Religion, History and Identity of a Sino-Tibetan borderland town (504 kb, pp. 33-59)
author: T. Yangdon Dhondup - An Archaeological Account of the Markha Valley, Ladakh (2.9 MB, pp. 61-113)
author: Quentin Devers and Martin Vernier - Alternances entre ḥ et b en tibétain ancien et dans les langues tibétaines modernes (266 kb, pp. 115-122)
author: Nathan W. Hill - Deux remarques supplémentaires à propos du développement du ra-btags en tibétain parlé (324 kb, pp. 123-133)
author: Hiroyuki Suzuki - A Brief Bibliographical Key to Zhang zhung snyan rgyud Editions With Special Attention for Sources on the Early Lineage (905 kb, pp. 135-203)
author: Henk Blezer - The Early Years of Khyung sprul rin po che: Hor (1897-1919) (459 kb, pp. 205-230)
author: Josep Lluís Alay - Sommaire des précédents numéros (217 kb, pp. 231-237)
Cumulative Index, Table des Matières récapitulative, 1 - 15, Août 2009
Number 15, Novembre 2008 - Tibetan Studies in Honour of Samten Karmay, Part II
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- Cover, contents (176 kb, pp. i-iv)
- Préambule (72 kb, p. 198)
author: Anne-Marie Blondeau - Le Réseau des mille dieux-démons: mythes et classifications (708 kb, pp. 199-250)
author: Anne-Marie Blondeau - Les bKa' brgyad - Sources canoniques et tradition de Nyang ral Myi ma 'od zer (444 kb, pp. 251-274)
author: Tenzin Samphel - The Sun of the Heart and the Bai-ro-rgyud-'bum (284 kb, pp. 275-288)
author: Matthew T. Kapstein - Enduring myths: smrang, rabs and ritual in the Dunhuang texts on Padmasambhava (428 kb, pp. 289-312)
author: Cathy Cantwell and Rob Mayer - The Malevolent Spirits of sTang Valley (Bumthang) — A Bhutanese account (304 kb, pp. 313-330)
author: Kunzang Choden - Tuvinian images of demons from Tibet (380 kb, pp. 331-336)
author: Peter Schwieger - The Buddhist princess and the woolly turban: non-Buddhist others in a 15th century biography (328 kb, pp. 337-356)
author: Hildegard Diemberger - The Cult of Radrap (Ra dgra), 'nep' of Wangdue Phodrang (Bhutan) (252 kb, pp. 357-370)
author: Tandin Dorji - mKha' 'gro dbang mo'i rnam thar, The Biography of the gTer ston ma bDe chen chos kyi dbang mo (1868-1927?) (188 kb, pp. 371-378)
author: Donatella Rossi - A tentative classification of the bya ru can kings of Zhang zhung (624 kb, pp. 379-420)
author: Roberto Vitali - sTon pa gShen rab: six Marriages and many more funerals (824 kb, pp. 421-480)
author: Henk Blezer - A nineteenth-century Bonpo pilgrim in Western Tibet and Nepal: Episodes from the life of dKar ru grub dbang bsTan 'dzin rin chen (392 kb, pp. 481-502)
author: Charles Ramble - Le Corps d'Arc-en-Ciel ('ja' lus) de Shardza Rinpoche illustrant la perfection de la Voie rDzogs chen (560 kb, pp. 503-532)
author: Jean-Luc Achard - Bonpo Tantrics in Kokonor Area (328 kb, pp. 533-552)
author: Tsering Thar
Number 14, Octobre 2008 - Tibetan Studies in Honour of Samten Karmay, Part I
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- Cover, contents (172 kb, pp. 1-3)
- Préface (130 kb, pp. iii)
author: Françoise Pommaret - How Samten came to Europe (130 kb, pp. 1-6)
author: David Snellgrove - "The Messed Up Books"(Pecha trok wa la). A personal recollection of Samten G. Karmay and the O rgyan chos gling catalogue (Bhutan) (131 kb, pp. 7-12)
author: Françoise Pommaret - Veil of Kashmir -- Poetry of Travel and Travail in Zhangzhungpa's 15th-Century Kavya Reworking of the Biography of the Great Translator Rinchen Zangpo (958-1055 CE) (648 kb, pp. 13-56)
author: Dan Martin - From Red Tally to Yellow Paper -- The official introduction of paper in Tibetan administration in 744/745 (288 kb, pp. 57-70)
author: Helga Uebach - A propos de l'usage des termes "nyin" et "srib" dans le mDo smad chos 'byung (205 kb, pp. 71-80)
author: Anne Chayet - Spelling Mistakes, Philology, and feminist Criticism: Women and Boys in Tibetan Medicine (329 kb, pp. 81-98)
author: Janet Gyatso - A preliminary note to the Gyarong color terms (315 kb, pp. 99-106)
author: Yasuhiko Nagano - Observations on an 11th century Tibetan inscription on a statue of Avalokitésvara (444 kb, pp. 107-116)
author: Amy Heller - Au-delà du débat linguistique : comment définir la littérature tibétaine d'expression chinoise? "Spécificités nationales" et "spécificités regionales" (687 kb, pp. 117-156)
author: Lara Maconi - sMar khams 'bom rnam snang ngam/ lha'dus rnam snang gi skor la cung zad gleng ba (171 kb, pp. 157-195)
author: Tashi Tsering
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- Cover, contents (81 kb, pp. 1-3)
- Le nom des naksatrani en tibétain (164 kb, pp. 4-10)
author: Guillaume Jacques - La Roca Blanca de Lhang lhang -- Un santuario en Nyag rong (416 kb, 11-23)
author: Oriol Aguillar - Different Sets of Channels in the Instructions Series of Rdzogs chen (452 kb, pp. 24-38)
author: Daniel Scheiddeger - De la cosmologie tibétaine au mythe de l'Etat -- Historiographie rnyingmapa tamang (Népal) (1.1 MB, 39-70)
author: Brigitte Steinmann - Tamang jatibare sangkshipta sabda citra << Traité sur l'origine de la caste tamang >> (trad. Brigitte Steinmann) (1.0 MB, pp. 71-102)
author: Thubten Gyalcen Lama - Book List of Tibetan History for Tamang Study (62 kb, pp. 103-105)
author: Thubten Gyalcen Lama - The Tibetan Image of Confucius (988 kb, pp. 105-129)
author: Shen-yu Lin - Journal Table of Contents (151 kb, pp. )
Number 11, Juin 2006 - The sGang steng-b rNying ma'i rGyud 'bum manuscript from Bhutan
