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"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."
- G. K. Chesterton
(1874 - 1936)
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 Format: Hardcover, 340 pages
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295981857
Release Date: Jan 12, 1978
| |  | | | In Brief
This is the second volume devoted to the ancient Buddhist texts, which are written on birch bark and were found in earthenware pots, perhaps in Afghanistan, and acquired by the British Library in 1994. The fragments 12 and 14 are reproduced here in color plates and form the basis of the study. Andrew Glass has written the paleographic analysis. Allon (we are not told his affiliation) offers a lengthy study of the fragments, comparing them to and placing them in the context of other versions of sutras of the same type. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Three Gandhari Ekottarikagama-Type Sutras continues the Gandharan Buddhist Texts studies of the first-century A.D. birch bark scrolls in the British Library's Kharosthi manuscript collection. It describes the text found on two fragments which constitute the lower part of a scroll and consists of the remnants of three sutras. All three sutras are relatively short and have an association with the number four, which suggests that they are from a Gandhar- Ekottarikagama, a collection of short discourses grouped according to numerical principles and one of the major collections of writings in the Buddhist canon.
The first sutra records a discussion in which a brahman asks the Buddha four questions. The second su-tra, like the third, depicts the Buddha preaching to monks. The structure of this sutra is based on the four postures: walking, standing, sitting, and lying down. The Buddhaís discourse in the third sutra concerns the four efforts (or abandonings).
The book describes the condition of the scroll and its reconstruction; examines in detail the literary and textual background of the sutras, comparing them with other extant versions and parallels in other languages; and presents a transcription of the extant text, a reconstruction, and an English translation. It includes chapters on the paleography, orthography, phonology, and morphology of the text, and offers a detailed analytic commentary.
About the Author: Mark Allon is a senior research associate with the British Library/University of Washington Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project. He is the author of Style and Function: A Study of the Dominant Stylistic Features of the Prose Portions of Pali Canonical Texts and Their Mnemonic Function.
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| | | |  | | | | List of Illustrations and Tables | | | Preface | | | Format, Transcription, and Citation System | | | List of Abbreviations | | | 1 | British Library Kharosthi Fragments 12 and 14 | 3 | | 1.1 | The Contents of British Library Kharosthi Fragments 12 and 14 | 3 | | 1.2 | The Three Gandhari Ekottarikagama/Anguttara-nikaya-Type Sutras and Their Parallels and Titles in Other Languages | 4 | | 1.3 | The Three Sutras as Part of an Ekottarikagama Collection | 8 | | 1.4 | The Survival of Ekottarikagama/Anguttara-nikaya Collections | 9 | | 1.5 | The Character of EA/AN Sutras/Suttas and the Organizational Principles of the EA/AN Collections | 13 | | 1.6 | Interpretations of the Structure of the Gandhari Sutra Fragment | 22 | | 2 | Comparison of the Gandhari, Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese Versions | 26 | | 2.1 | General Comments | 26 | | 2.2 | Abbreviation | 27 | | 2.3 | Structure, Sequence of Events, and Details of Description | 29 | | 2.4 | Diction | 30 | | 2.5 | Grammar | 37 | | 2.6 | Clues to the Underlying Source Dialect: Language and Translation | 38 | | 2.7 | Conclusion and Comments on Sectarian Affiliation | 39 | | 3 | Physical Description of the Manuscript | 41 | | 3.1 | Description of the Manuscript | 41 | | 3.2 | Reconstruction of the Scroll | 42 | | 3.3 | Descriptive List of the Subfragments of BL Fragments 12 and 14 | 47 | | 4 | Paleography and Orthography ([actual symbol not reproducible] 4.1-7 by Andrew Glass) | 53 | | 4.1 | The Writing Instrument | 53 | | 4.2 | General Features of the Hand | 53 | | 4.3 | Foot Marks | 54 | | 4.4 | Analysis of Individual Letters | 54 | | 4.5 | Punctuation | 66 | | 4.6 | Corrections | 66 | | 4.7 | Paleographic Dating | 67 | | 4.8 | Orthography | 67 | | 5 | Phonology | 73 | | 5.1 | Vowels | 73 | | 5.2 | Consonants | 78 | | 5.3 | Metathesis and Intrusive r | 97 | | 5.4 | Epenthesis (Svarabhakti Vowels) | 98 | | 5.5 | The Contraction of Syllables Involving ya | 98 | | 5.6 | Sandhi Phenomena | 99 | | 6 | Morphology | 106 | | 6.1 | Nominal Forms | 106 | | 6.2 | Pronouns, Pronominals, and Numerals | 115 | | 6.3 | Verbal Forms | 116 | | 7 | Transcribed Text, Reconstruction, and Translation | 120 | | 7.1 | Transcribed Text | 120 | | 7.2 | Reconstruction and Translation of the Text | 124 | | 8 | The "Dhona-sutra" | 130 | | 8.1 | Introduction | 130 | | 8.2 | Text Commentary | 135 | | 9 | The "Budhabayana-sutra" | 224 | | 9.1 | Introduction | 224 | | 9.2 | Text Commentary | 225 | | 10 | The "Prasana-sutra" | 244 | | 10.1 | Introduction | 244 | | 10.2 | Text Commentary | 253 | | 10.3 | The Missing Sections of the Sutra | 296 | | App. 1 | Readings of Unlocated Fragments | 301 | | App. 2 | The Gandhari Avadana of Puniga | 303 | | App. 3 | The Pali Parallels to the First and Third Gandhari Sutras | 307 | | References | 313 | | Word Index | 325 |
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