Dr. Miroj Shakya

Faculty Profile

Dr. Miroj Shakya is Chair and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at University of the West. He serves as the Project Coordinator of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Project and the Rare Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscript Preservation Project . Additionally, Dr. Shakya is the Director at the Nagarjuna Institute of Buddhist Studies in Lalitpur, Nepal, and he has served as a Sanskrit Language Consultant at the Asian Legacy Library. Dr. Shakya is also a founding member of the Great Compassion Fund, which provides funds for food and financial support to impoverished people in Nepal . Furthermore, he has served as the Convener of the Sanskrit Language Working Group for the Union Catalog of Buddhist Texts, sponsored by the International Association of Buddhist Universities (IABU). Dr. Shakya has made contributions to academic publications, including his role as the editor of the Catalog of Digitized Rare Sanskrit Buddhist Manuscript, Volumes 1 (2010) and Volume 2 (2019), and as co-editor of the Sacred Art of Nepal (2013).

Professional Associations

• South Asian Studies Association (SASA)
• International Association of Buddhist Studies
• Center for Understanding World Religions, Loma Linda University
• American Academy of Religion (AAR)

Selected Publications

Shakya, Miroj. “Nepali Artist Arniko’s Artistic Legacy and its Influence on the Buddhist Art in China.” In A Felicitation Volume to Celebrate the Life and Work of Navin Doshi, edited by Deepak Shimkhada, 145-162. Claremont, California: South Asian Studies Association, 2020.

Shakya, Miroj. “The Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Project: Problems and Possibilities.” In Digital Humanities and Buddhism, 111-126. De Gruyter, 2019.

Shakya, Miroj, ed. Catalog of Digitized Rare Sanskrit Buddhist Manuscripts, Vol. 2. Rosemead, CA: University of the West, 2019.

Shakya, Miroj, co-ed. Sacred Art of Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal: Handicraft Association of Nepal, 2013. (Revised edition)

Dr. Shakya’s publications are available at https://uwest.academia.edu/MirojShakya