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

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

Publication

Turnhout : Brepols, 2015.
©2015

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Description

319 pages : illustrations; 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

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.

ISBN

9782503565408
2503565409

LCCN

2016485078

OCLC

ocn932231981
932231981
SCSB-14457707

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library