CONTENTS: LITERARY & ICONOGRAPHIC STUDY SHANKAR THAPA Depiction of Stories And Thematic Elaboration of Arya Mahapratisara Sutra NEPALESE BUDDHIST CULTURE PHRA SUGANDHA (ANIL SHAKYA) Role of Jnanamala Liturgies in Nepalese Theravada Community WOMEN?S ISSUE D. AMARASIRI WEERARATNE Bhikkhuni Order TEXTUAL STUDY CAMERON DAVID WARNER The Genesis of Tibet?s First Buddha Images: An Annotated Translation from Three Editions of the Vase[-shaped] Pillar Testament (bka? chems ka khol ma) PHILOSOPHY MILAN SHAKYA Essentials of Sautrantika Philosophy