Der Einleitungsśloka zur „Lehrschrift über das Eintreten in den Abhidharma“ (T. 1554)

Year 2021, , 403 - 411, 24.07.2021

Peter Zieme

https://doi.org/10.35236/jots.969638

Abstract

The fragment Mainz 857 (verso) of the Berlin Turfan Collection contains a parallel to text F of the miscellaneous manuscript U 5335 (edited Berliner Turfantexte 34). The vertical lines (columns), which comprise an Old Uyghur translation of the beginning of the prologue to the Abhidharmāvatāra (T. 1554: 入阿毘達磨論 ru apidamo lun), are arranged in such a way that they proceed from right to left, contrary to the usual left-right direction.

Keywords

Prologue of the Abhidharmāvatāra, ancient Uyghur translation, script direction, Turfan Collection.

The introductory Śloka to “the Treatise on Entering the Abhidharma” (T. 1554)

Abstract

The fragment Mainz 857 (verso) of the Berlin Turfan Collection contains a parallel to text F of the miscellaneous manuscript U 5335 (edited Berliner Turfantexte 34). The vertical lines (columns), which comprise an Old Uyghur translation of the beginning of the prologue to the Abhidharmāvatāra (T. 1554: 入阿毘達磨論 ru apidamo lun), are arranged in such a way that they proceed from right to left, contrary to the usual left-right direction.

Keywords

Prologue of the Abhidharmāvatāra, ancient Uyghur translation, script direction, Turfan Collection.

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