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Title

Three Gāndhārī Ekottarikāgama-type sūtras : British Library Kharoṣṭhī fragments 12 and 14 / Mark Allon ; with a contribution by Andrew Glass.

Publication

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2001], ©2001.

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Additional Authors

• Allon, Mark.
• Glass, Andrew, 1973-
• British Library.

Description

xxv, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 29 cm.

Series Statement

Gandhāran Buddhist texts ; v. 2

Uniform Title

Gandhāran Buddhist texts ; v. 2.

Subject

• Tipiṭaka. > Criticism, Textual
• Gandhari Prakrit language > Discourse analysis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-324) and index.

Contents

• 1. British Library Kharosthi Fragments 12 and 14. 1.1. The Contents of British Library Kharosthi Fragments 12 and 14. 1.2. The Three Gandhari Ekottarikagama/Anguttara-nikaya-Type Sutras and Their Parallels and Titles in Other Languages. 1.3. The Three Sutras as Part of an Ekottarikagama Collection. 1.4. The Survival of Ekottarikagama/Anguttara-nikaya Collections. 1.5. The Character of EA/AN Sutras/Suttas and the Organizational Principles of the EA/AN Collections. 1.6. Interpretations of the Structure of the Gandhari Sutra Fragment -- 2. Comparison of the Gandhari, Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese Versions. 2.1. General Comments. 2.2. Abbreviation. 2.3. Structure, Sequence of Events, and Details of Description. 2.4. Diction. 2.5. Grammar. 2.6. Clues to the Underlying Source Dialect: Language and Translation. 2.7. Conclusion and Comments on Sectarian Affiliation -- 3. Physical Description of the Manuscript. 3.1. Description of the Manuscript. 3.2. Reconstruction of the Scroll.
• 3.3. Descriptive List of the Subfragments of BL Fragments 12 and 14 -- 4. Paleography and Orthography ([actual symbol not reproducible] 4.1-7 by Andrew Glass). 4.1. The Writing Instrument. 4.2. General Features of the Hand. 4.3. Foot Marks. 4.4. Analysis of Individual Letters. 4.5. Punctuation. 4.6. Corrections. 4.7. Paleographic Dating. 4.8. Orthography -- 5. Phonology. 5.1. Vowels. 5.2. Consonants. 5.3. Metathesis and Intrusive r. 5.4. Epenthesis (Svarabhakti Vowels). 5.5. The Contraction of Syllables Involving ya. 5.6. Sandhi Phenomena -- 6. Morphology. 6.1. Nominal Forms. 6.2. Pronouns, Pronominals, and Numerals. 6.3. Verbal Forms -- 7. Transcribed Text, Reconstruction, and Translation. 7.1. Transcribed Text. 7.2. Reconstruction and Translation of the Text -- 8. The "Dhona-sutra" 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Text Commentary -- 9. The "Budhabayana-sutra" 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. Text Commentary -- 10. The "Prasana-sutra" 10.1. Introduction.
• 10.2. Text Commentary. 10.3. The Missing Sections of the Sutra. App. 1. Readings of Unlocated Fragments -- App. 2. The Gandhari Avadana of Puniga -- App. 3. The Pali Parallels to the First and Third Gandhari Sutras.

ISBN

0295981857 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001043458

OCLC

• ocm48450118
• SCSB-4269546

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries