Who runs the site?

Name (Title):

Richard MAHONEY (Mr)

Institution / Affiliation:

Independent (ex University of Canterbury / Victoria University of Wellington)

Department:

Independent (ex Philosophy and Religious Studies / Classics and History)

Research interests:

Indian Madhyamika school. Santideva. Nagarjuna.

Current activities / projects:

Though trained in Classical and Buddhist Studies most recent work has been in humanities computing or the digital humanities. The focus is on providing digital texts and tools to faculty and post graduates engaged in Classical Indian and Buddhist Studies.

 Currently in prep is a new release of the DICT and HTML Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (based on the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon) and a revised version of Tabulae: Tables of Contents for Indology and Buddhology (based on the Silva Content Management System). Also in prep is a platform for the analysis of Sanskrit texts marked up according to Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) guidelines - SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts.

Short Vitae:

Advisory Board Member and List and Review Editor for H-Buddhism.

Formed Indica et Buddhica Limited (Company number: 2185898) a private consulting firm focusing on digital publishing, notably the provision of systems and services for textual analysis, text indexing and retrieval, text encoding, and enterprise content management - details are available through the New Zealand Companies Office.

Co-founder of Hounds 4 Homes Incorporated (Registration number: CC29400) a charity educating the community  about retired racing greyhounds and helping to place them in suitable homes - details are available through the New Zealand Charities Commission.

Invited to take a doctorate under Prof. Dr Michael HAHN, Fachgebiet Indologie und Tibetologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg. (Not taken up.)

University of Canterbury, Dept of Philosophy and Religious Studies : M.A. (Hons), 1^st class, in Religious Studies · primary emphasis Buddhist Studies under Prof. Dr Paul HARRISON (now Stanford University).
» M.A. Thesis: Of the progresse of the bodhisattva: the bodhisattvamārga in the Śikṣāsamuccaya · examiners: Prof. Dr Paul HARRISON; Prof. Dr Jens BRAARVIG (Universitetet i Oslo); and Prof. Dr Jonathan SILK (Yale University, now Universiteit Leiden).

» Research Paper: The Perfections Extoll’d: Transcendental Virtues in the ‘Bodhicaryāvatāra’ of Śāntideva · examiners: Prof. Dr Paul HARRISON; Prof. Dr Luis GOMEZ (University of Michigan); and Prof. Dr Toni HUBER (Victoria University of Wellington, now Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Victoria University of Wellington, Dept of Classics : B.A. (Hons), 2^nd class 1^st division, in Classical Studies

Victoria University of Wellington, Depts of Classics and History : B.A. · primary emphasis, Classical Studies ; secondary emphasis, History

Acknowledgement: The author is indebted to Z., W.G.S., R.B., T.B. , M.B., M., L.B.^†, P.^†, R.^†, and B.^† for their everlasting kindness. The same cannot be said for the local foothills though I like them all the same: across the road and up the road. (For The Curious here are more shots of The Household.)

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