The Gāndhārī Dharmapada

Author : John Brough
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000-12-31
Category : Gandhari Prakrit language
ISBN : 8120817400

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The Gāndhārī Dharmapada by John Brough Pdf

The famous brich-bark manuscript in the Kharosthi script, which contains a recension of the Dharmapada in a Prakrit dialect, has long been familiar to students of early Buddhist literature under the name of `Ms. Dutreuil de Rhins`. The manuscript, written in the first or second century A.D., is generally considered to be the oldest surviving manuscript of an Indian text. It was discovered near Khotan in Central Asia in 1892, and reached Europe in two parts, one of which went to Russia and the other to France. In 1897 S. Oldenburg published one leaf of the Russian portion; and in 1898 E. Senart edited the French material in the Journal Asiatiqque, together with facsimiles of the larger leaves, but not of the fragments. Now, almost seventy years after the discovery of the manuscript, it is possible for the first time to place before scholars an edition of the whole of the extant material, together with complete facsimiles.

Author : Timothy Lenz,Andrew Glass
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Purvayogas
ISBN : 0295983086

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A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories by Timothy Lenz,Andrew Glass Pdf

This volume continues the detailed examination of the British Library Kharosthi scrolls--extremely fragile and brittle fragments of manuscript on birch-bark rolls. Although their provenance is uncertain, there are strong indications that they came from Hadda in eastern Afghanistan and were most likely written in the early first century A.D. during the reign of the Saka rulers, making them the oldest known Buddhist manuscripts. Fragments 16 and 25 are two long, relatively narrow fragments that obviously belong to the same scroll. Two texts were written on the scroll, each by a different scribe. The first text, referred to as the Gandhari London Dharmapada, represents an anthology of verses well known in the Buddhist tradition. The second text is a series of stories concerning previous births of the Buddha and of some of his disciples. For more information go to the Early Buddhist Manuscript Project web site at http://www.ebmp.org/

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8120810198

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Buddhist Logic by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Ross Carter,Mahinda Palihawadana
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192836137

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Dhammapada by John Ross Carter,Mahinda Palihawadana Pdf

Brilliant and lively, this vibrant translation of a significant text is taken to be a collection of the utterances of Buddha himself. However, the appeal of these epithets of wisdom extends beyond the text's religious heritage to a general and universal spirituality. Includes an Introduction and notes which examine the impact the "The Dhammapada" has had within Buddhism over the centuries.

Author : F.Max Muller
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1503361810

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The Dhammapada by F.Max Muller Pdf

The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in theKhuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 9780195108606

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The Dhammapada by Anonim Pdf

The Dhammapada, the Pali version of one of the most popular texts of the Buddhist canon, also ranks among the classics of the world's religious literature. This book presents the first comprehensive edition of the Dhammapada and its commentary in English, allowing readers a unique appreciation of the text itself as well as its impact within the Buddhist heritage through the centuries.

Author : Patrick Olivelle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0199775079

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Between the Empires by Patrick Olivelle Pdf

This volume is the result of an international conference organized by the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas. Patrick Olivelle has collected and edited the best papers to emerge from the conference. Part I of the book looks at what can be construed from archeological evidence. Part II concerns itself with the textual evidence for the period. Taken together, these essays offer an unprecedented look at Indian culture and society in this distant epoch.

Author : Richard Salomon,Andrew Glass
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Gandhari Prakrit language
ISBN : 0295980354

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A Gāndhārī Version of the Rhinoceros Sūtra by Richard Salomon,Andrew Glass Pdf

Launches the series of text editions and studies of the birth bark scrolls in the British Library's Kharosthi manuscript collection, dating from about the first century AD. Most of the Gandhari fragments have yet to be identified, but the Rhinoceros Sutra is also known in Pali and Sanskrit versions. A 100-page introduction to the language and manuscript is followed by a transcribed text with translation and an annotated text with translation and commentary. Color photographs of the fragments themselves are also included. Ghandhari words are indexed, but not subjects. c. Book News Inc.

Author : Mark Allon,Andrew Glass
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0295981857

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Three Gāndhārī Ekottarikāgama-type Sūtras by Mark Allon,Andrew Glass Pdf

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/

Author : Salomon Richard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614291855

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Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara by Salomon Richard Pdf

Discover the fascinating history of a long-hidden Buddhist culture at a historic crossroads. In the years following Alexander the Great’s conquest of the East, a series of empires rose up along the Silk Road. In what is now northern Pakistan, the civilizations in the region called Gandhara became increasingly important centers for the development of Buddhism, reaching their apex under King Kaniska of the Kusanas in the second century CE. Gandhara has long been known for its Greek-Indian synthesis in architecture and statuary, but until about twenty years ago, almost nothing was known about its literature. The insights provided by manuscripts unearthed over the last few decades show that Gandhara was indeed a vital link in the early development of Buddhism, instrumental in both the transmission of Buddhism to China and the rise of the Mahayana tradition. The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara surveys what we know about Gandhara and its Buddhism, and it also provides translations of a dozen different short texts, from similes and stories to treatises on time and reality.

Author : Jonathan A. Silk,Stefano Zacchetti†
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004522152

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Chinese Buddhism and the Scholarship of Erik Zürcher by Jonathan A. Silk,Stefano Zacchetti† Pdf

Since Erik Zürcher's landmark Buddhist Conquest of China, the study of earlier phases of Chinese Buddhist history has made great progress with new materials, new interpretations and new problematizations. This volume brings together 12 contributions from the leading scholars in the field offering new perspectives on this old tradition.

Author : Dusan Zbavitel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781000158182

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Dictionary of Oriental Literatures 2 by Dusan Zbavitel Pdf

This book fills a long-felt gap in Western literature by presenting a concise summary of practically all the literatures of South and South-East Asia, comprising India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Combodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Author : C. Edmund Bosworth
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 0197262430

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A Century of British Orientalists, 1902-2001 by C. Edmund Bosworth Pdf

The evolution of Oriental Studies in Britain over the last century is traced in thirteen essays on key figures (twelve of them Fellows of the British Academy). They exemplify the outstanding contribution of British scholars to Oriental scholarship, within the general trend in the West to understand and interpret the civilisations of the East sympathetically. Through the careers and achievements of these influential scholars these essays shed light on studies ranging from Ancient Egyptian and Hebrew, through Arabic, Persian and Turkish, to Indology, Chinese and Japanese. With important changes of methodology and approach to the cultures and religions of Asia, the twentieth century has been an exciting and fruitful period for Oriental Studies in Britain.

Author : K. R. Norman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 9781135751548

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Buddhist Forum Volume V by K. R. Norman Pdf

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Chroniker Press Book
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-29
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781300327158

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Epitome of the Pali Canon by Chroniker Press Book Pdf

This book is an authorized reprint of Wikipedia articles pertaining to the Pali Canon, the oldest collection of Buddhist scriptures. Included are articles on Pali, the Early Buddhist Schools, and many suttas and other parts of the Vinaya, Sutta, and Abhidhamma Pitakas. This book presents a comprehensive and in depth overview of the Pali Canon in a convenient collection.