]> 2026-10-13T05:32:34-04:00 People/Wayman, A. 0 en Wayman joined Columbia in 1966 as a visiting associate professor of religion. In 1967, he was appointed professor of Sanskrit in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, a position he held until his retirement in 1991. During his tenure, Wayman taught classes in classical Sanskrit, Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit, Indian and Tibetan Religions and the history of astrology. While at Columbia, he was a member of the administrative committee of the Southern Asian Institute. He also served as senior editor of The Buddhist Traditions Series (with 30 volumes to date) published by Motilal Banarsidass in Delhi, India. Wayman authored 12 books, including ''Buddhist Tantric Systems'', ''Untying the Knots in Buddhism'', ''Enlightenment of Vairocana'', and ''A Millennium of Buddhist Logic''. He co-authored a translation of the 3rd-century Buddhist scripture ''Lion's Roar of Queen Shrimala'' with his wife, Hideko. Her knowledge of Chinese and Japanese sources complemented his research and translation of Sanskrit and Tibetan sources. An honorary volume, titled ''Researches in Indian and Buddhist Philosophy (essays in honor of Prof. Alex Wayman)'', edited by Ram Karan Sharma, was published in 1993 to commemorate the many years that Wayman devoted to scholarly research on Indian topics. ([https://lists.h-net.org/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-asia&month=0411&week=b&msg=Mjh17lJ%2B2gHmOKM2On16yg&user=&pw= Source Accessed Aug 10, 2020])] false false false Person false false false false People File:Teaching_Mudra_2.jpg https://commons.tsadra.org/images/f/f6/Teaching_Mudra_2.jpg true true true Alex Wayman;Alex;Wayman;Wayman, A. false Alex Wayman Alex Wayman Teaching_Mudra_2.jpg Wayman, A. Alex Wayman Alex Wayman Authors of English Works Professors and Translators Modern Wayman joined Columbia in 1966 as a visiting associate professor of religion. In 1967, he was appointed professor of Sanskrit in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, a position he held until his retirement in 1991. During his tenure, Wayman taught classes in classical Sanskrit, Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit, Indian and Tibetan Religions and the history of astrology. While at Columbia, he was a member of the administrative committee of the Southern Asian Institute. He also served as senior editor of The Buddhist Traditions Series (with 30 volumes to date) published by Motilal Banarsidass in Delhi, India. Wayman authored 12 books, including ''Buddhist Tantric Systems'', ''Untying the Knots in Buddhism'', ''Enlightenment of Vairocana'', and ''A Millennium of Buddhist Logic''. He co-authored a translation of the 3rd-century Buddhist scripture ''Lion's Roar of Queen Shrimala'' with his wife, Hideko. Her knowledge of Chinese and Japanese sources complemented his research and translation of Sanskrit and Tibetan sources. An honorary volume, titled ''Researches in Indian and Buddhist Philosophy (essays in honor of Prof. Alex Wayman)'', edited by Ram Karan Sharma, was published in 1993 to commemorate the many years that Wayman devoted to scholarly research on Indian topics. ([https://lists.h-net.org/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-asia&month=0411&week=b&msg=Mjh17lJ%2B2gHmOKM2On16yg&user=&pw= Source Accessed Aug 10, 2020])] Wayman, A.;;;Alex Wayman;;;Alex Wayman;Alex Wayman;Wayman, Alex 1921/01/01 2004/09/22 2020-01-03T19:11:35Z 2458852.2997107 2020-01-03T19:11:35Z 2458852.2997107 true People/Wayman, A. 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Wayman, A.]] People/Wayman, A.# QUERY81c73123fdcf3e5aed0cf27cc6b3d532 0 200 1 template 13 <q>[[BuNayAuthor::Wayman, A.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[People::Wayman, A.||People/Wayman, A.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[Performer::People/Wayman, A.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]]</q> People/Wayman, A.# QUERY742f5290eb31b8b7744823aebe069fce 0 200 1 template 3 [[Category:Library Items]] [[BuNayTopicTags::People/Wayman, A.]] People/Wayman, A.# QUERY1a8ca5d5bb36647b3c5f4901f61588a7 Books/The Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā 0 en The Lion's Roar of Queen Śrīmālā Articles/The Mahāsāṃghika and the Tathāgatagarbha (Buddhist Doctrinal History, Study 1) 0 en The Mahāsāṃghika and the Tathāgatagarbha (Buddhist Doctrinal History, Study 1) Wayman, A. 0 en Wayman, A. Translator 102 en Translator AuthorPage 102 en AuthorPage REDI 102 en REDI