Three Gāndhārī Ekottarikāgama-type Sūtras

Three Gāndhārī Ekottarikāgama-type Sūtras
Title Three Gāndhārī Ekottarikāgama-type Sūtras PDF eBook
Author Mark Allon
Publisher University of Washington Press
Pages 384
Release 2001
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780295981857

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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/

Reviews

Reviews
Title Reviews PDF eBook
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Pages 46
Release 2002
Genre China
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Memory as History

Memory as History
Title Memory as History PDF eBook
Author Himanshu Prabha Ray
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Pages 286
Release 2007
Genre History
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Contributed papers presented at a conference organised in February-March, 2006 in New Delhi.

Encyclopaedia of Buddhism

Encyclopaedia of Buddhism
Title Encyclopaedia of Buddhism PDF eBook
Author Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
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Pages 404
Release 1961
Genre Buddhism
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Four Gāndhārī Saṃyuktāgama Sutras

Four Gāndhārī Saṃyuktāgama Sutras
Title Four Gāndhārī Saṃyuktāgama Sutras PDF eBook
Author Andrew Glass
Publisher University of Washington Press
Pages 286
Release 2007
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780295987729

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Four Gandhari Samyuktagama Sutras continues the study of Gandharan Buddhist texts and is the first investigation of a scroll from the Senior Collection of Kharosthi manuscripts. Senior scroll number 5, one of the best preserved of all Kharosthi manuscripts, contains four short sutras that give a first-hand account of meditation practice in Gandhara in the middle of the second century A.D. Andrew Glass is the lead researcher on the Gandhari Dictionary Project and a member of the British Library/University of Washington early Buddhist Manuscripts Project (www.ebmp.org).

American Book Publishing Record

American Book Publishing Record
Title American Book Publishing Record PDF eBook
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Pages 2068
Release 2002
Genre Books
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Bibliographic Index

Bibliographic Index
Title Bibliographic Index PDF eBook
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Pages 1080
Release 2002
Genre Bibliographical literature
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