The “Panel on Sanskrit Studies” took place from 3 to 4 August 2012 as part of the 2012 Beijing Seminar on Tibetan Studies. It was initiated and organized by the late Dr. Helmut Krasser, who conceived it as a continuation of the panel “Sanskrit Manuscripts in China: State and Prospects,” which was held at the 2008 Beijing Seminar on Tibetan Studies.

Almost all of the lectures delivered at the 2012 panel presented reports on and results of research based substantially on information derived from Sanskrit manuscripts preserved in the TAR, as do all of the articles published in this volume. While none of these articles is specifically dedicated to the preservation and safekeeping of the Sanskrit manuscripts in China, to their cataloging, their digitalization or the controlled dissemination of these images, nonetheless each of them implicitly stresses the high importance of these tasks and the need for carefully concerted international cooperation. They do this through their research results, which individually as well as together unmistakably testify to the exceptional significance and unique value of the Sanskrit manuscripts in China.

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