Sharygin Mayajala – sutra–a Unique Text of the Gilgit Dirghagama

A Critical Edition, Translation and Study
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-662-71471-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 500 Seiten

The is a unique Buddhist sutra which is contained in the newly discovered manuscript of the Sanskrit Buddhist canonical collection called the (The Long Collection). The discovery of this Sanskrit manuscript in the 1990s was a major development in early Buddhist studies (only Pali and Chinese versions were previously available). In the first part of this work Gleb Sharygin presented a transliteration, reconstruction and translation of the , No. 18 in the manuscript, as well as an overview of its content. The text of the is in a seriously deteriorated state, but a great deal of repetition helped to reconstruct it safely. It is the meaning of the text that presented difficulties. The second part of this work grew from his attempts to understand it. The main result that the study brought is that the text likely constitutes an intermediate link that unites the older ways of canonical writing and thinking with the newer types of Buddhist literature and structures of thought. In particular, the study revealed that the likely was the source of the first chapters of the , the first Yogacara-Vijñanavada text.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharygin, Gleb

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preliminary methodological considerations.- Introduction.- Transliteration of the Folios of DA 18 (Mayajala-sutra).- Reconstruction and Translation of the DA 18 (Mayajala-sutra).- The opening passages of the Mayajala-sutra.- The central concepts mithya-adhimok?a, viparyasa, kayagrantha.- Mayajala and the Absolute, Nirva?a, dharmadhatu, sunyata or else.- Mayajala-sutra: citations and probable attribution.- Concluding remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

Gleb Sharygin studied philosophy, religious studies and classical Indology at Moscow State University, the Institute of Oriental Studies (Moscow), and the University of Munich (LMU München). He was awarded a Ph.D. degree for the thesis that constitutes this publication.