Helmut Eimer

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Helmut Eimer (* 1936 ) is a German Indologist .

Life

He studied classical philosophy, Sanskrit and Tibetan in Hamburg , Berlin and Bonn ( doctorate 1974). He specialized in Northern Buddhist traditions and literary sources. He taught as a professor of Buddhist studies at the University of Bonn .

Fonts (selection)

  • Reports of the life of Atiśa (Dīpaṃkaraśrījnāna). An examination of the sources . Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-447-01865-8 .
  • Some results of recent Kanjur research . Sankt Augustin 1983, ISBN 3-88280-019-4 .
  • The Tantra catalog of the Bu-ston compared with the Tantra section of the Tibetan Kanjur. Study, text output, concordances and indices . Bonn 1989, ISBN 3-923776-17-9 .
  • Buddhist series of terms as sketches of the path of salvation . Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-902501-04-9 .

literature