| Three Gandhari Ekottarikagama-Type Sutras: British Library Kharosthi Fragments 12 and 14 Contributor(s): Allon, Mark (Author), Glass, Andrew (With) |
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ISBN: 0295981857 ISBN-13: 9780295981857 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: Volume two of Gandharan Buddhist Texts, a series that presents editions and studies of the first-century A.D. birch bark scrolls in the British Library's Kharosthi manuscript collection. It describes the text found on two fragments which consititute the lower part of a scroll and consists of the remnants of three sutras. The book describes the condition of the scroll and its reconstruction; examines in detail the literary and textual background of the sutras; and presents a transcription of the extant text, a reconstruction, and an English translation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - Sacred Writings - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology |
| Dewey: 294.382 |
| LCCN: 2001043458 |
| Series: Gandharan Buddhist Texts |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 8.7" W x 11.32" (2.65 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Three Gandhari Ekottarikagama-Type Sutras continues the Gandharan Buddhist Texts studies of the first-century A.D. birch bark scrolls in the British Library's Kharosthi manuscript collection. It describes the text found on two fragments which constitute the lower part of a scroll and consists of the remnants of three sutras. All three sutras are relatively short and have an association with the number four, which suggests that they are from a Gandhar- Ekottarikagama, a collection of short discourses grouped according to numerical principles and one of the major collections of writings in the Buddhist canon. The first sutra records a discussion in which a brahman asks the Buddha four questions. The second su-tra, like the third, depicts the Buddha preaching to monks. The structure of this sutra is based on the four postures: walking, standing, sitting, and lying down. The Buddha's discourse in the third sutra concerns the four efforts (or abandonings). The book describes the condition of the scroll and its reconstruction; examines in detail the literary and textual background of the sutras, comparing them with other extant versions and parallels in other languages; and presents a transcription of the extant text, a reconstruction, and an English translation. It includes chapters on the paleography, orthography, phonology, and morphology of the text, and offers a detailed analytic commentary. For more information go to the Early Buddhist Manuscript Project web site at http: //www.ebmp.org/ |