RARE collection of papers published on the occasion of 60th birthday of the renowned German Indologist and Buddhologist Heinz Bechert (1932-2005), Professor of Indology at the University of Göttingen between 1965 and 2000, author of numerous scientific papers and works on Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Nepal, Buddhist Sanskrit tradition in Central Asia, the political and social importance of the Buddhist religion down to the present day, as well as editor (with Ernst Waldschmidt) of the Sanskrit dictionary of Buddhist texts from Turfan finds. Contains a bibliography of Bechert`s writings and papers by Heinz Braun, Anjana R. Das, Siglinde Dietz, Reinhold Grünendahl, Jens-Uwe Hartmann, Ute Hüsken, Petra Kieffer-Pülz, Bhikkhu Pasadika, Anne Peters, Gustav Roth, Michael Schmidt, Claus Vogel, Klaus Wille, Champa Thupten Zongtse. Three papers are in English, the rest are in German. Contains Bechert`s photograph as frontispiece and 4 b&w plates (also 9 pages with Tibetan script). 235x160mm. 326 pages. Softcover. Cover bottom corners slightly worn. Spine faded and slightly wrinkled. Previous owner`s small stamp on front whitepage upper corner. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare Festschrift is in very good condition.