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Early Buddhist Monasteries in Sri Lanka: A Landscape Approach [PDF]
, 2013 Early monasteries are popularly perceived as ‘otherworldly’, purposefully founded as isolated retreats far from human habitation. Such views were formed through the bias towards textual sources in early academic enquiry. Ethnographic (e.g. Gombrich 1971)
DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER,EDWARD
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.The Himalayan Musk Deer (HMD, Moschus leucogaster) is an endangered species that faces threats from habitat loss, illegal hunting, and human activities. Using 25 months of camera trap data (October 2018–March 2023), this study investigated the activity patterns and behavior of HMD in the Lapchi Valley of Nepal's Gaurishankar Conservation Area ...
Bijay Bashyal +4 more
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From Finding to Making Jari: The Return of Burmese Political Refugees From South Korea
Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT The Korean word jari means a place, but also a seat, social position or space, according to the context. In interviews with Burmese refugees returning from South Korea (hereinafter Korea) to Myanmar, this word was used to express the challenges of return after nearly 20 years.
Jae Hyun Park
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, 2006 Tibetan Buddhism is still being practised today in many monasteries of northern China. Influenced as they are by the local characteristics of the region in which they are located, these monasteries all have specific features.
null Erhimbayar
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IET Image Processing, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/December 2026.We propose GPCDet, a detection framework guided by the composition principles of Thangka paintings, integrating spatial and co‐occurrence priors through a spatial coordinate attention module and a graph convolution network‐auxiliary detection module.
Jiachen Li +7 more
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The positive influence of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries on forest conservation
Heritage ScienceThe Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is vital for stabilizing climate in East and South Asia and its glaciers and snow meltwater nourish key continental rivers. The region’s forests are not only ecologically essential but also fragile.
Shidong Zhang, Tong Wu, Luo Guo
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The multiple logics of Buddhist monastery accounting
Accounting HistoryResearch has shown that Buddhist monasteries’ accounting provides detailed and fulfilling accountability requirements to rulers and the public. However, what influenced such practices is under-researched. In bridging this gap, this study adopts an institutional logic framing and identifies three institutional logics: devotional, public and private that
Supun Chandrasena, Martin Quinn
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Journal of Industrial Ecology, Volume 29, Issue 6, Page 2324-2337, December 2025.Abstract Bodh Gaya, a small agrarian town in Bihar, India, is renowned as the cradle of Buddhism. The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002. Every year, millions of visitors come here to quench their spiritual thirst.
Ritika Rajput, Jian Pu
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Heritage ScienceTibetan Buddhism has an inseparable connection with the spatial characteristics, development process, and human-natural environment of the Tibetan Plateau.
Subin Fang +3 more
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La migration birmane à travers ses monastères de Singapour
Moussons, 2013 The foundation of monasteries in Singapore (a dozen) by Buddhist migrants from Burma, is part of the migratory phenomenon common to the whole of contemporary Burma.
Alexandra de Mersan
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