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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nina Mirnig

T: +43-1-4277-43511

nina.mirnig@univie.ac.at

Consultation hours: During the semester: Thursday 13:00–14:00
Please register your appointment online: https://tinyurl.com/bdza7mkp
Outside of the semester, by appointment only.

Winter term 2025

142013 VU Classical Sanskrit III: Advanced Grammar and First Text Reading

142209 UE Cultural Heritage of Nepal: On the Trail of Sanskrit Inscriptions

142210 UE Stories from the Skandapurana: Early Myths of Sivaism

420009 SE Entangled Worlds of Afro-Eurasia: New methods and approaches of Philology and Cultural Studies

Mirnig, N., & Rebay-Salisbury, K. (2023). Sustainability in archaeology and heritage preservation – the importance of context. In Young Academy Science Day: Sustainability: Diverse perspectives on the role(s) of research in mastering socio-ecological challenges Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW).

Fellner, H., & Mirnig, N. (2021). Die Blüte eines "Orchideenfachs" in Wien. Der Standard.

Mirnig, N., & Acharya, D. N. (2021). Licchavi inscriptions from Nepal: Historical significance in a cross-cultural context. Past, present, and future directions of research. Journal of Tibetology, 25, 103-127.

Mirnig, N., Coningham, R., Acharya, K. P., Simpson, I. A., Davis, C. E., Kunwar, R. B., Weise, K., Joshi, A., & Kinnaird, K. (2021). The Kasthamandap and its Archaeological and Geoarchaeological Sequence. Publication of the Kasthamandap Reconstruction Committee, Kathmandu.

Mirnig, N. (2020). Adapting Śaiva Tantric Initiation for Exoteric Circles: The Lokadharmiṇī Dīkṣā and Its History in Early Medieval Sources. In D. Goodall, S. Hatley, H. Isaacson, & S. Raman (Eds.), Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions: Essays in Honour of Alexis Sanderson (pp. 249–282). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004432802_013

Mirnig, N. (2020). Axel Michaels, Kultur und Geschichte Nepals (Stuttgart: Kroener Verlag, 2018). International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 50, 122-127.

Mirnig, N., Conningham, R. A. E., Acharya, K. P., & Kunwar, R. B. (2020). Lumbini’s ‘Nursery Well’ and the evidence for an ancient routeway through Rupandehi and Kapilbastu Districts, Nepal. Ancient Nepal , 5-24.

Mirnig, N. (2020). The Śivadharmaśāstra and its importance for reconstructing early Śaiva religious history. Journal of the National Archives Kathmandu, 165–177.

Mirnig, N. (2019). ‘Rudras on Earth’ on the eve of the Tantric Age: The Śivadharmaśāstra and the making of Śaiva lay and initiatory communities. In N. Mirnig, M. Rastelli, & V. Eltschinger (Eds.), Tantric Communities in Context (pp. 471–510). Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW).

Mirnig, N., Rastelli, M., & Eltschinger, V. (Eds.) (2019). Tantric Communities in Context. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW). Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Vol. 899 Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens Vol. 99

Mirnig, N. (2019). Liberating the Liberated: Early Śaiva Tantric Death Rites. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW). Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Vol. 894 Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens Vol. 96

Mirnig, N., Coningham, R. A. E., Acharya, K. P., & Barclay, C. (2019). Reducing Disaster Risk to Life and Livelihoods by Evaluating the Seismic Safety of Kathmandu’s Historic Urban Infrastructure: Enabling an interdisciplinary pilot. Journal of the British Academy, 7(2), 45-82. https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/935/JBA-7s2-03-Coningham-et-al.pdf

Mirnig, N. (2017). Glimpses into the Past through Inscriptions: The Ancient History of Nepal’s National Shrine Pashupatinath. The Britain-Nepal Society Journal, 41.

Mirnig, N., & De Simini, F. (2017). Umā and Śiva’s Playful Talks in Detail (Lalitavistara): On the Production of Śaiva Works and their Manuscripts in Medieval Nepal. Studies on the Śivadharma and the Mahābhārata 1. In V. Vergiani, D. Cuneo, & C. A. Formigatti (Eds.), Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages: Material, Textual and Historical Investigations (pp. 587-653). De Gruyter.

Mirnig, N. (2016). Early Strata of Śaivism in the Kathmandu Valley: Śivaliṅga Pedestal Inscriptions from 466–645 CE. Indo-Iranian Journal, 59(4), 309–362.

Mirnig, N. (2016). Exploring Ancient Pashupati: Preliminary Results of Archaeological Surveys and Excavations at Bhandarkhal, Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Property (Nepal). Ancient Nepal , 191-192, 94–112.

Mirnig, N. (2015). Hungry Ghost or Divine Soul? Post-Mortem Initiation in Medieval Śaiva Tantric Death Rites. In P. Berger, & J. Kroesen (Eds.), Ultimate Ambiguities: Investigating Death and Liminality Article 8 Berghahn Books.