A study of the new fragment of Bodhisattva-gocaropāya-viṣaya-vikurvaṇa-nirdeśa Sūtra in Old Uyghur

Abstract

This paper presents the critical edition of a previously unstudied Old Uyghur manuscript fragment (D1150) housed in the Dunhuang Academy. This fragment, written in kursiv Uyghur script and consisting of 18 lines, corresponds to the verses on ‘praise of the perfection of patience’ from the third chapter of the Chinese Bodhisattva-gocaropāya-viṣaya-vikurvaṇa-nirdeśa Sūtra大薩遮尼乾子所說經dà sàzhē nígān zǐ suōshuō jīng in the Taishō Tripiṭaka. Although both surviving Old Uyghur fragments of this sūtra lack colophons, making it impossible to determine whether the translation predates the Yuan dynasty, the cursive script and orthographic features of D1150 suggest it was copied during the Yuan period.

Keywords

• Old Uyghur
• Bodhisattva-gocaropāya-viṣaya-vikurvaṇa-nirdeśa Sūtra大薩遮尼乾子所說經
• chapter of Yi Cheng 一乘品
• Dunhuang Academy Collection

Project Number

Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC): Collation and Research on Old Uyghur Manuscripts Collected Overseas (20&ZD211)

Thanks

We would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mr. Liang Xushu 梁旭澍 and Ms. Wang Haiyun 王海雲 from the Dunhuang Academy for kindly sharing the photograph of the manuscript with us.

Eski Uygurca'da yazılmış Bodhisattva-gocaropāya-viṣaya-vikurvaṇa-nirdeśa Sūtra'sının yeni bir parçasının incelenmesi

Abstract

Bu makale, Dunhuang Akademisi’nde bulunan ve daha önce incelenmemiş Eski Uygurca bir el yazması parçasının (D1150) kritik baskısını sunuyor. Bu parça, cursive Uygur alfabesiyle yazılmış 18 satırlık bir metinden oluşuyor ve Taishō Tripiṭaka’da yer alan Çince Bodhisattva-gocaropāya-viṣaya-vikurvaṇa-nirdeśa Sūtra 大薩遮尼乾子所說經’nın (dà sàzhē nígān zǐ suōshuō jīng) üçüncü bölümdeki ‘sabırın mükemmelliğini övmek’le ilgili dizelere karşılık geliyor. Her ne kadar bu sutranın günümüze ulaşmış iki Eski Uygurca parçasının da kolofonları olmasa ve dolayısıyla çevirinin Yuan Hanedanlığı’ndan önce mi yapıldığı belirlenemese de, D1150’nin el yazı özellikleri ve ortografik karakteristikleri, onun Yuan döneminde kopyalanmış olabileceğini gösteriyor.

Keywords

• Eski Uygurca
• Bodhisattva-gocaropāya-viṣaya-vikurvaṇa-nirdeśa Sūtra大薩遮尼乾子所說經;
• Yi Cheng'in bölümü 一乘品;
• Dunhuang Akademi Koleksiyonu

Project Number

Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC): Collation and Research on Old Uyghur Manuscripts Collected Overseas (20&ZD211)

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