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A study of the Buddhist sūtra called Säkiz yükmäk yaruq or Säkiz törlügin yarumïš yaltrïmïš in Old Turkic

Title
A study of the Buddhist sūtra called Säkiz yükmäk yaruq or Säkiz törlügin yarumïš yaltrïmïš in Old Turkic / Juten Oda.
Publication
Turnhout : Brepols 2015.

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Additional Authors
  • 小田寿典 , 1935-
  • Oda, Juten, 1935-
Description
319 pages : facsimiles; 30 cm
Summary
This is a study of a scripture translated into Old Turkic from the apocryphal Chinese Bayangjing and preserved in the Berlin Turfan Collection. The study contains the reconstruction of the Old Turkic text and a comparison of the reconstructed text with the extant original Chinese text, as well as the Tibetan and Mongolian translations. Judging from the quantitative and linguistic abundance of extant Turkic fragments and their rich content, there can be little doubt that this scripture circulated widely and over a long period of time among Uighur Buddhists from the 10th century onwards. In a collection of Buddhist essays (in China dating from 1155), there are some three thousand copies of the fabricated Bayangjing. This was probably a reference to the popularity of scriptures such as the fabricated (i.e. apocryphal) Bayangjing which was not included in the official canon because it did not go back to an Indian original but was composed in China. Despite its apocryphal nature, it should also be noted that the Bayangjing includes scathing criticism of the yin-yang theory and undue concern for good and bad fortune. Furthermore, according to a review, it may be a Buddhist gospel of liberation from taboos and divination.
Series Statement
Berliner Turfantexte ; XXXIII
Uniform Title
  • 八陽經 [天地八陽神呪經]. Old Turkic
  • Ba yang jing [Tian di ba yang shen zhou jing]. Old Turkic.
  • Berliner Turfantexte ; 33.
Subject
  • Buddhist literature, Uighur > China > Early works to 1800
  • Buddhist literature, Uighur > Asia, Central > Early works to 1800
  • Buddhist literature, Uighur > Criticism and interpretation
  • Apocryphal books (Tripiṭaka)
  • Manuscripts, Old Turkic
  • Buddhism > Asia, Central > History > Sources
  • Buddhism
  • Buddhist literature, Uighur
  • Asia, Central
  • China
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Early works.
  • History.
  • Sources.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-22).
Language (note)
  • In English and Old Turkic (roman); includes materials in Chinese.
Call Number
JFG 16-6
ISBN
  • 9782503565408
  • 2503565409
OCLC
932231981
Alternate Script for Uniform Title
八陽經 [天地八陽神呪經]. Old Turkic
Title
A study of the Buddhist sūtra called Säkiz yükmäk yaruq or Säkiz törlügin yarumïš yaltrïmïš in Old Turkic / Juten Oda.
Imprint
Turnhout : Brepols 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Berliner Turfantexte ; XXXIII
Berliner Turfantexte ; 33.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-22).
Language
In English and Old Turkic (roman); includes materials in Chinese.
Added Author
Oda, Juten, 1935- editor.
Alternate Script for Added Author
小田寿典 , 1935- editor
Research Call Number
JFG 16-6
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