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:

Preparing a new release of the DICT and HTML Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (based on the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon).

Short Vitae:

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

Co-founder of Hounds 4 Homes Inc., a charitable organisation educating the community  about retired racing greyhounds & helping to place them in suitable homes.

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., WGS., 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.