The Bhadrakarātrī-sūtra : apotropaic scriptures in early Indian Buddhism / Kathrin Holz.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Holz, Kathrin, author.

Series:

Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie ; Bd. 27.

Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie ; Band 27

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Tibetan

Subjects (All):

Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Buddhist literature--India--History--To 1500.

Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka.

Buddhist literature.

Buddhist mantras.

Buddhist chants.

Genre:

Texts.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Bhadrakaratri-sutra

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : xasia eBooks, 2021.

Language Note:

In English with texts in the original Sankrit and Tibetan with parallel English translations.

Summary:

"This book examines the Bhadrakaratri-sutra, an important representative of early Buddhist raksa literature, and thereby contributes to the investigation of this literary genre. This work ultimately presents an edition, partial reconstruction, and translation of the two extant Sanskrit manuscripts found in Central Asia, as well as a critical edition and translation of the Tibetan version of this text. Special focus is also given to the Chinese and Tibetan variants of the mantras. Moreover, it highlights specific raksa elements, formal features, and linguistic and semantic patterns of the Bhadrakaratri-sutra. These are crucial for the understanding of the peculiarities of its language, as well as its textual development and classification among raksa literature"-- Back cover.

Notes:

Doctoral Universität Würzburg 2021.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-298) and index.

ISBN:

9783948791001

3948791007

OCLC:

1262693420