A New Version of the Gandhari Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-Birth Stories : British Library Kharosthi Fragments 16 + 25 (A New Version of the Gandhari Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories)

Lenz, Timothy

University of Washington Press（2003/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 296 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780295983080
• DDC分類 294.382322

Full Description

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/

Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables

Preface

Transcription and Citation System

Abbreviations

1. Description of British Library Fragments 16 + 25

Part I. The Gandhari London Dharmapada

2. Introduction and Analysis: Dharmapada

3. Paleography and Orthography: Dharmapada

4. Phonology: Dharmapada

5. Morphology: Dharmapada

6. Transcribed Text with Reconstructions, Translation, and Commentary: Dharmapada

Part II. The Purvayoga Text

7. Introduction and Analysis: Purvayoga Text

8. Paleography and Orthography: Purvayoga Text

9. Phonology: Purvayoga Text

10. Morphology: Purvayoga Text

11. Transcribed Text with Reconstructions, Translation, and Commentary: Story A and the Purvayoga Text

Appendix 1. Verse Concordance: London, Khotan, Pali, and Patna Dharmapadas and Suttanipata, Udanavarga, and Jataka

Appendix 2. A Second Purvayoga of Ajnata Kaundinya (British Library Fragment 3): Text and Commentary

Appendix 3. Avadana of Zadamitra (British Library Fragment 1): Text and Commentary

Appendix 4. Sanskrit and Chinese Parallels for Purvayogas 1-4

References

Word Index for the London Dharmapada

Word Index for the Purvayoga Text