A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories

A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0295983086
ISBN-13 : 9780295983080
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Download or read book A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories written by Timothy Lenz and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume continues the detailed examination of the British Library Kharosthi scrolls--extremely fragile and brittle fragments of manuscript on birch-bark rolls. Although their provenance is uncertain, there are strong indications that they came from Hadda in eastern Afghanistan and were most likely written in the early first century A.D. during the reign of the Saka rulers, making them the oldest known Buddhist manuscripts. Fragments 16 and 25 are two long, relatively narrow fragments that obviously belong to the same scroll. Two texts were written on the scroll, each by a different scribe. The first text, referred to as the Gandhari London Dharmapada, represents an anthology of verses well known in the Buddhist tradition. The second text is a series of stories concerning previous births of the Buddha and of some of his disciples. For more information go to the Early Buddhist Manuscript Project web site at http://www.ebmp.org/


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