Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal: The Fifteenth-Century Reformation of Newar Buddhism by Will Tuladhar-Douglas,

Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal: The Fifteenth-Century Reformation of Newar Buddhism by Will Tuladhar-Douglas,Will Tuladhar Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in the fifteenth century in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. He provides the basis for the historical study of Newar Buddhism as one distinct tradition among the many that comprise Indic Buddhism. Through a thorough study of the relevant texts in the classical Himalayan languages (Sanskrit,

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