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• Braarvig, J.  + (Jens+Braarvig%E2%80%99s+main+subject+is+th … Jens+Braarvig%E2%80%99s+main+subject+is+the+history%2C+literature+and+languages+of+Buddhism.%0A%0AAmong+his+publications+on+Buddhism+are+%E2%80%9CThe+Ak%E1%B9%A3ayamatinirdesas%C5%ABtra+and+The+Tradition+of+Imperishability+in+Buddhist+Thought%2C%E2%80%9D+the+main+topic+of+which+is+the+morality+of+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Buddhism%2C+and+%E2%80%9DBuddhist+Manuscripts+in+the+Sch%C3%B8yen+Collection%2C%E2%80%9D+containing+a+rather+recent+find+of+manuscript+fragments+from+Bamiyan%2C+Afghanistan.%0A%0AHe+also+works+with+other+Indian+religious+and+philosophical+traditions%2C+as+well+as+Greek+and+Mesopotamian+religion+in+a+comparative+perspective+and+in+a+general+setting+of+global+and+macrohistoric+cultural+study.+His+studies+are+based+on+comparative+and+philological+methods%2C+and+he+works+with+a+number+of+classical+and+archaic+languages+from+the+Mediterranean+areas%2C+from+early+Middle+Eastern+cultures%2C+as+well+as+classical+languages+of+South%2C+Central+and+East+Asia.%0A%0AHe+is+also+developing+methodologies+for+making+philological+reasearch+relevant+for+cultural+studies%2C+and+he+has+thus+created+an+analytical+internet+tool+%E2%80%93+as+now+available+on+the+internet+as+Bibliotheca+Polyglotta+%E2%80%93+for+understanding+the+role+of+linguae+francae+and+multilingualsm+in+the+global+diffusion+of+knowledge.%0A%0AHe+is+also+active+as+an+editor+and+organizer+of+popular+science.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.hf.uio.no%2Fikos%2Fenglish%2Fpeople%2Faca%2Fstudy-of-religion%2Ftenured%2Fbraarvig%2F+Source+Accessed+Aug+30%2C+2021%5D%29ig%2F+Source+Accessed+Aug+30%2C+2021%5D%29)