WAYMAN, Alex. Chicago 11.1.1921 — New York 22.9.2004. U.S. Indologist and Buddhist Scholar. Professor in New York. During WW II served in the army, over three years in the Philippines, Okinawa, and Australia (also studies at University of Queensland). Studied Mathematics at U.C.L.A.: B.A. 1948, M.A. 1949. Then from 1952 Sanskrit at the same (under Emeneau and Lessing). Ph.D. 1959 University of California, in Sanskrit. In 1958-60 Bollingen Foundation Fellowship. In 1960-61 Visiting Lecturer in Buddhism and Sanskrit at University of Minnesota in Ann Arbor. Then Assistant to Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin in Madison. In 1966-67 Visiting Associate Professor and in 1967-91 Professor of Sanskrit at Columbia University in New York, then emeritus. Married 1956 Hideko Shimomaki who survived him (d. 30.12.2005). In India in 1963-64 and 1976-77. Hon. Dr.Litt. Nalanda, Bihar.
Wayman was a famous specialist of Mahāyāna. He knew well Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese. He was popular teacher with many students.
Publications: “Studies in Yama and Māra”, IIJ 3, 1959, 44-73, 112-131.
– Diss. publ. as Analysis of the Śrāvakabhūmi Manuscript. 185 p. Univ. of Calif. Publ. in Classical Philol. 17. Berkeley & L.A. 1961.
– With F. D. Lessing, edited & translated: Mkhas Grub Rje’s Rgyud sde spyihi rnam par gzg pa rgyas par brjod: Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras. 382 p. Indo-Ir. Monogr. 8. the Hague 1968; Mkhas Grub Rje’s Rgyud…: Introduction to the Buddhist Tantric Systems. 382 p. Buddhist traditions 20. Delhi 1978.
– The Buddhist Tantras: Light on Indo-Tibetan Esoterism. 247 p. New York 1973.
– Transl. with Hideko Wayman: The Lion’s Roar of Queen Śrīmālā. 160 p. N.Y. 1973.
– “The Mirror as a Pan-Buddhist Metaphor Simile”, Hist. of Rel. 13, 1973-74, 251-269.
– Edited & translated: Yoga of the Guhyasamājatantra. The arcane lore of forty verses. A Buddhist Tantra Commentary. 401 p. Delhi 1977.
– Transl.: Calming the Mind and Discerning the Real. Buddhist Meditation and the Middle View. From the Lam rim chen mo of Tsoṅ-kha-pa. 8+512 p. N.Y. 1979; Ethics of Tibet. Bodhisattva Section of Tsong-Kha-Pa’s Lam Rin Chen Mo. 279 p. SUNY Series. Albany 1991.
– Buddhist Insight. Essays. Ed. by G. Elder. 476 p. Rel. of Asia Ser. 5. Delhi 1984.
– Mañjuśrī-nāma-samgīti. Chanting the names of Mañjuśrī. Sanskrit and Tibetan texts, transl. with annotations. 123 p. Boston 1985; “Ratnākaraśānti’s Antarvyāptisamarthana”, JASB 4:27:2, 1985, 31-44 (tr. from Skr.).
– With R. Tajima: The Enlightenment of Vairocana. 1. Study of the Vairocanābhisambodhitantra, by A.W. 2. Study of the Mahāvairocana-Sūtra, by R.T. 20+381 p. Buddhist Tradition Series 19. Delhi 1992.
– Untying the Knots in Buddhism. Selected Essays. 14+617 p. Delhi 1997.
– A Millennium of Buddhist Logic. 1. Buddhist Tradition Series 36. Delhi 1999.
Sources: S.S. Landesman, NSICB Saṁbhāṣā 25, 201?, 152-154 and Tibet Journal 29, 1904, 112-114 (same text!); briefly in IIJ 3, 1959, 80 & 22, 1980, 189; Dir. of Am. Sch. 8th ed. 4, 1982; brief obituary in MLBD Newsl. 26:10, 2004, 16; *R.K. Sharma (ed.), Researches in Indian and Buddhist Philosophy. Essays in honor of A.W. Delhi 1993; Wikipedia briefly.
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