Research Catalog

Title

Three Gandhari Ekottarikagama-type sutras : British Library Kharoṣṭhi fragmments 12 and 14 / Mark Allon ; with a contribution by Andrew Glass.

Publication

Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, ©2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

xxv, 336 pages : illustrations; 29 cm.

Series Statement

Gandhāran Buddhist texts ; v. 2

Uniform Title

Gandhāran Buddhist texts ; v. 2.

Subject

• Tipiṭaka. > Criticism, Textual
• Tipiṭaka
• Gandhari Prakrit language > Discourse analysis
• 18.65 middle and modern Indian language and/or literature
• Gandhari

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Translations (form)
• Commentaries (form)
• Didactical prose (texts)
• Didactical poetry (texts)

Bibliography (note)

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

Contents

Format, Transcription, and Citation System -- British Library Kharosthi Fragments 12 and 14 -- The Contents of British Library Kharosthi Fragments 12 and 14 -- The Three Gandhari Ekottarikagama/Anguttara-nikaya-Type Sutras and Their Parallels and Titles in Other Languages -- The Three Sutras as Part of an Ekottarikagama Collection -- The Survival of Ekottarikagama/Anguttara-nikaya Collections -- The Character of EA/AN Sutras/Suttas and the Organizational Principles of the EA/AN Collections -- Interpretations of the Structure of the Gandhari Sutra Fragment -- Comparison of the Gandhari, Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese Versions -- Structure, Sequence of Events, and Details of Description -- Diction -- Grammar -- Clues to the Underlying Source Dialect: Language and Translation -- Conclusion and Comments on Sectarian Affiliation -- Physical Description of the Manuscript -- Description of the Manuscript -- Reconstruction of the Scroll -- Size and Format -- Patterns of Damage -- The Reconstructed Text -- Descriptive List of the Subfragments of BL Fragments 12 and 14 -- Frame 25 -- Frame 24 -- Frame 28 -- Debris Box Fragments -- Paleography and Orthography ([section section] 4.1-7 by Andrew Glass) -- The Writing Instrument -- General Features of the Hand -- Foot Marks -- Analysis of Individual Letters -- Independent Vowels -- Consonants -- Conjunct Consonants -- Punctuation -- Corrections -- Incidental Marks -- Paleographic Dating -- Orthography -- Orthographic Peculiarities -- The Employment of the Small Punctuation Mark -- Phonology.

ISBN

• 0295981857
• 9780295981857

LCCN

2001043458

OCLC

• ocm48450118
• 48450118
• SCSB-1247802

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library