Written Monuments of the OrientWritten Monuments of the OrientWritten Monuments of the Orient2410-0145“Nauka” Publishers: “Vostochnaya Literatura” (Oriental Literature) Publisher3514610.17816/wmo35146ArticlesСтатьиResearch ArticleA Dunhuang Tibetan Manuscript of “Ārya-samādhyagrottama” Kept at the IOM, RASA Dunhuang Tibetan Manuscript of “Ārya-samādhyagrottama” Kept at the IOM, RAS3573-8876ZorinAlexander
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This paper introduces a small Tibetan book from Dunhuang kept at the IOM, RAS. It is a copy of ’Phags pa ting nge ’dzin mchog dam pa, one of the Buddhist sūtras that emphasize the importance of the practice of samādhi. Some paleographical features of the manuscript as well as its contents are characterized. The manuscript presents a version of ’Phags pa ting nge ’dzin mchog dam pa that is different from those of later editions of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon. Its comparison with fragments of two other Dunhuang copies of the same text found in Paris supports my assumption that an old version of the sūtra did exist.

This paper introduces a small Tibetan book from Dunhuang kept at the IOM, RAS. It is a copy of ’Phags pa ting nge ’dzin mchog dam pa, one of the Buddhist sūtras that emphasize the importance of the practice of samādhi. Some paleographical features of the manuscript as well as its contents are characterized. The manuscript presents a version of ’Phags pa ting nge ’dzin mchog dam pa that is different from those of later editions of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon. Its comparison with fragments of two other Dunhuang copies of the same text found in Paris supports my assumption that an old version of the sūtra did exist.

Tibetan manuscriptsDunhuangBuddhist sūtrasĀrya-samādhyagrottamapaleographytextologyBUKHARIN M.D. 2016: “My oba rabotaem dlya Rossii, dlya nauki…”. Perepiska S.F. Ol’denburga i N.N. Krotkova iz arkhivnykh sobranii RAN” [“We both work for Russia, for science…”: Correspondence of S.F. Ol’denburg and N.N. Krotkov from the archival Collections of the Russian Academy of Sciences]. Introduction and edition by M. D. Bukharin. Scripta antiqua. Voprosy drevnei istorii, filologii, iskussstva i material’noi kul’tury [Scripta antiqua. Issues of ancient history, philology, arts and material culture], V, 395-457IDP: Inventaire des manuscrits tibétains de Touen-houang conservés à la Bibliothèque Nationale (Fonds Pelliot tibétain) at the web site of the International Dunhuang Project: Nos 1-849, I - http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=PelliotTibetain_I; Nos 850- 1282, II - http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=PelliotTibetain_II [10.02.2018]KAGYUR 2006-2009: ’Phags pa ting nge ’dzin mchog dam pa. Bka’ ’gyur dpe bsdur ma. Vol. 56. Pe cin: krung go’i bod rig pa’i dpe skrun khangPANG T.A. 2006: “N. N. Krotkov’s Questionnaire to Balishan Concerning Sibe-Solon Shamanism”. In: Tumen jalafun jecen akū. Manchu Studies in Honour of Giovanni Stary. Ed. by A. Pozzi, J. A. Janhunen, and M. Weiers. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, p. 201- 210RKTS: entry on ’Phags pa ting nge ’dzin gyi mchog dam pa at the web-site of the project “Resources for Kanjur&Tanjur Studies” - https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/rktsneu/ verif/verif2.php?id=137 [10.02.2018]SHANTARAKSHITA 2011: The Adornment of the Middle Way. Shantarakshita’s Madhyamakalankara with commentary by Jamgön Mipham. Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group. Boston and London: Shambhala. [E-book.]VAN SCHAIK, Sam 2013: “The Naming of Tibetan Religion: Bon and Chos in the Tibetan Imperial Period”. Journal of the International Association for Bon Research 1, 227-257ZORIN A.V. 2012: “The Collection of Dunhuang Tibetan Texts Kept at the IOM RAS”. Dunhuang Studies: Prospects and Problems for the Coming Second Century of Research. Ed. by I. Popova and Liu Yi. St. Petersburg: Slavia Publishers, 365-367