Three Early Mahāyāna Treatises from Gandhāra 9780295750750, 9780295750736

Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations and Tables
Series Editors’ Preface
Author’s Preface
Conventions
Abbreviations
Introduction
1.1. General Remarks and the Topic of the Manuscripts
1.2. Summary of the Texts and Their Interrelation to Each Other
1.2.1. BC 4
1.2.2. BC 11
1.2.3. BC 6
1.3. Genre of the Texts
1.3.1. Elements of Mahāyāna
1.3.2. Elements of Abhidharma
1.4. Context
1.4.1. Prajñāpāramitā and Mahāyāna
1.4.2. Prajñāpāramitā and Bodhisattvayāna
1.4.3. Mahāyāna in the Earliest Chinese Translations
1.4.4. Mahāyāna in Manuscripts Written in Gāndhārī
1.5. Similar Texts
1.6. Authorship and Purpose
1.6.1. Oral / Aural Features
1.6.2. Material-Based Features
1.6.3. Instructions Referring to Reading the Text
1.6.4. References to Writing
1.6.5. Purpose
1.7. Conclusion
Physical Description
2.1. BC 4
2.1.1. Preservation Status
2.1.2. Reconstruction of the Scroll
2.1.3. Format and Layout
2.1.4. Additional / Unlocated Fragments
2.2. BC 11
2.2.1. Preservation Status
2.2.2. Reconstruction of the Scroll
2.2.3. Format and Layout
2.2.4. Additional / Unlocated Fragments
2.3. BC 6
2.3.1. Preservation Status
2.3.2. Reconstruction of the Scroll
2.3.3. Format and Layout
2.3.4. Additional / Unlocated Fragments
Paleography
3.1. Writing Instrument
3.2. General Features of the Hand
3.3. Foot Marks
3.4. Analysis of Selected Letters
3.4.1. Vowel Diacritics
3.4.2. Basic Signs
3.4.3. Conjunct Characters
3.5. Numerals
3.6. Punctuation
3.7. Paleographic Dating
Orthography
4.1. Anusvāra
4.2. Distribution of n / ṇ
4.3. Distribution of t / d
4.4. Distribution of s / s̱
4.5. Modified Consonants
4.6. Diacritic Additions to Consonant Signs
4.7. Notation of Geminate Consonants
4.8. Scribal Inconsistencies
4.9. Confusion of Vowels
4.10. Inconsistencies Regarding Pre- and Post-Consonantial r
4.11. Oral / Aural Features
4.12. Haplography (Omissions)
4.13. Dittography (Erroneous Repetitions)
4.14. Interlinear Insertions
4.15. Corrections
4.16. Nonphonetic Traces of Ink
Phonology
5.1. Vowels
5.1.1. Alternations
5.1.2. Developments of Old Indo-Aryan r̥
5.1.3. Reductions (Monophthongization)
5.2. Consonants
5.2.1. Deaspiration
5.2.2. Single Consonants
5.2.3. Consonant Clusters
5.2.3.1. Stop + Stop
5.2.3.2. Clusters with Nasal
5.2.3.3. Clusters with Semivowel
5.2.3.4. Clusters with Sibilant
5.3. Metathesis
5.4. Anaptyxis (Svarabhakti)
5.5. Sandhi
Morphology
6.1. Nominal Forms
6.2. Pronouns
6.3. Numbers
6.3.1. Cardinal Numbers
6.3.2. Ordinal Numbers
6.4. Case Usage
6.5. Verbal Forms
6.5.1. Present
6.5.2. Optative
6.5.3. Imperative
6.5.4. Future
6.5.5. Preterite
6.5.6. Absolutives (Gerunds)
6.5.7. Participles
6.5.7.1. Present Participles
6.5.7.2. Past Participles
6.5.7.3. Future Passive Participles (Gerundives)
Text Edition
7.1. Transliteration
7.1.1. BC 4
7.1.2. BC 11
7.1.3. BC 6
7.2. Reconstruction and Translation
7.2.1. BC 4
7.2.2. BC 11
7.2.3. BC 6
Annotations
8.1. BC 4
8.2. BC 11
8.3 BC 6
Appendix: BC 19
References
Word Index

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