Turning the Wheel of Dharma Adhyesana Fragments in Old Uighur Referring to the Saddharmapundarikasutra and the Suvarnaprabhasasutra

Mirkamal, Aydar and Raschmann, Simone-Christiane (2022) Turning the Wheel of Dharma Adhyesana Fragments in Old Uighur Referring to the Saddharmapundarikasutra and the Suvarnaprabhasasutra. ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 75 (2). pp. 231-250. ISSN 0001-6446

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Abstract

The Old Uighur fragment (GT15-64) preserved in National Library of China, Beijing and its parallel fragments (Ch/U 6005 + Ch/U 6411 + Ch/U 7287) preserved in the Berlin Turfan collection are different copies of the same text. This text consists of two parts, an adhyesana verse that extols the merit of good deeds, which is immeasurable when one implores the Buddha to turn the dharma-wheel, and a colophon. Although the adhyesana part contains many quotations from the Suvarnaprabhasasutra, the colophon indicates that it is an original literary work by Buddhist monks who praise the Saddharmapundarikasutra.

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