Gandhāran Avadānas : British Library Kharoṣṭhī fragments 1-3 and 21 and supplementary fragments A-C

Author:Timothy Lenz

Summary:"Volume 6 now returns to the study of Gandharan avadanas and purvayogas in the British Library Collection begun in the third volume of the series. Subsequent volumes will continue the publication of texts from the British Library and Senior Collections, as well as materials of similar types from other sources."--Jacket

Edition:View all formats and editions

Series:

Gandhāran Buddhist texts, v. 6

Genre:Criticism, interpretation, etc

Physical Description:xxiii, 177 pages, 19 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

ISBN:

9780295990132, 0295990139

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:463454556

Subjects:

Avadāna

British Library. Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books

Buddhismus

Criticism, interpretation, etc

Manuscripts, Kharoṣṭhi

Manuscrits kharoṣṭhi

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Avadāna

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Avadāna Criticism, Textual

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Avadāna Manuscripts

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Avadānas Studies

Contents:

Contents

vii

Illustrations and Tables

Preface

xiii

Format, Transcription, and Citation System

xviii

Abbreviations

Introduction

(14)

Gandharan Avadanists and Their Avadanas

(11)

Resume of Avadanas Contained in BL Fragments 1-3 and in Supplementary Fragments A---C

(3)

BL Fragment 1

(2)

BL Fragment 2

(1)

BL Fragment 3L

(1)

BL Fragment 21

(1)

Supplementary Fragments A---C

(1)

Paleography

(7)

Selected Aksaras from BL Fragments 1, 2, and 3

(4)

The Paleography of the Likhidago Notations

(3)

Phonology

(13)

Vowels

(1)

Alternation of a and o

(1)

Alternation of i (i) and a

(1)

Alternation of u and a

(1)

Alternation of u and o

(1)

Developments of Old Indo-Aryan r

(1)

Reduction of aya and aya

(1)

Reduction of ava

(1)

Reduction of ai

(1)

Consonants

(10)

Development of Intervocalic Consonants

(3)

Consonant Clusters

(7)

Metathesis

(1)

Sandhi Consonants

(1)

Morphology

(14)

Nominal Forms

(9)

Stems in -a, Masculine and Neuter

(3)

Stems in -an, Masculine and Neuter

(1)

Stems in -ant, Masculine

(1)

Stems in -as, Neuter

(1)

Stems in -i, Masculine

(1)

Stems in -tr, Masculine

(1)

Stems in -a, Feminine

(1)

Stems in -i, Feminine

(1)

Nominal Compounds

(1)

Pronouns, Pronominals, and Numerals

(3)

Personal Pronouns

(1)

Third-Person/Demonstrative Pronouns

(1)

Interrogative Pronouns

(1)

Relative Pronouns

(1)

Indefinite Pronouns

(1)

Numerals

(1)

Verbal Forms

(2)

Present Tense

(1)

Optative

(1)

Imperative

(1)

Future

(1)

Passive

(1)

Preterite

(1)

Participles

(1)

Particles and Indeclinable Adverbs

(2)

Particles

(1)

Indeclinable Adverbs

(1)

British Library Fragment 1: Text, Translation, and commentary

(44)

Text Edition

(2)

Transcribed Text

(2)

Text, Translation, and Commentary

(42)

Fragment 1, Avadana 1

(9)

Fragment 1, Avadana 2

(6)

Fragment 1, Avadana 3

(3)

Fragment 1, Avadana 4

(2)

Fragment 1, Avadana 5

(1)

Fragment 1, Avadana 6

(9)

Fragment 1, Avadana 7

(3)

Fragment 1, Avadana 8

(8)

Fragment 1, Avadana 9

(1)

Fragment 1, Avadana 10

(1)

British Library Fragment 2: Text, Translation, and Commentary

(10)

Text Edition

(1)

Transcribed Text

(1)

Text, Translation, and Commentary

(9)

Fragment 2, Avadanas 1-4

(1)

Fragment 2, Avadana 5

(2)

Fragment 2, Avadana 6

(1)

Fragment 2, Avadana 7

(1)

Fragment 2, Avadana 8

(4)

Fragment 2, Avadana 9

103

(2)

British Library Fragment 3: Text, Translation, and Commentary

105

(12)

Text Edition

105

(3)

Transcribed Text

107

(1)

Text, Translation, and Commentary

108

(9)

British Library Fragment 3A

108

(7)

Fragment 3K Verso

115

(1)

Fragment 3L Verso

115

(2)

British Library Fragment 21: Text, Translation, and Commentary

117

(6)

Text Edition

117

(1)

Transciribed Text

117

(1)

Commentary

118

(5)

British Library Fragment 2: Text, Translation, and Commentary

123

(5)

Text Edition and Translation

123

(3)

Transcribed Text

125

(1)

Commentary

126

(2)

Appendix 1: Macchariyakosiyasetthivatthu (text and translation of Dhp-a 366-74)

128

(8)

Appendix 2: Sariputra and the Tirthyas (text and translation of SBhV 171-7)

136

(8)

Appendix 3: Punyavantajatakam (text and translation of Mvu III 43-54)

144

(10)

Appendix 4: Non-Big Hand Fragments from British Library Fragment 3: Text and Commentary

154

(3)

Appendix 5: Transcription of British Library Fragment 21 Recto

157

(2)

Appendix 6: Supplementary Fragements D-Z: Text and Commentary

159

(6)

References

165

(4)

Word Index

169

Language Notes:In English and Sanskrit