The evolution of the Buddhistrakṣāgenre in the light of new evidence from Gandhāra: The *Manasvi-nāgarāja-sūtrafrom the Bajaur Collection of Kharoṣṭhī Manuscripts

Strauch, Ingo

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“…Cf. also the first-century *Manasvināgarāja-sūtra in the Bajaur collection (Strauch 2014). The MDDS appears to be considerably earlier than, for example, the Mahāpratisarāmahāvidyārājñī which emerged latest in the 6 th century (Hidas 2012, 21).…”

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On Some Markers Used in a Grantha Manuscript of the Ṛgveda Padapāṭha Belonging to the Cambridge University Library (Or.2366)

Franceschini¹

2017

Indic Manuscript Cultures Through the Ages

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This volume reflects and celebrates the work carried out in the frame of the project 'The intellectual and religious traditions of South Asia as seen through the Sanskrit manuscript collections of the University Library, Cambridge', 1 funded by a Standard Route research grant of the British Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project, which was officially launched in November 2011, had the duration of three years. I served as the Principal Investigator with the assistance of two research associates, Daniele Cuneo and Camillo A. Formigatti, who are the coeditors of this volume. The project's main goal was to create a complete electronic catalogue of the Sanskrit -and generally South Asian 2 -manuscripts held in the University Library (henceforth UL 3 ) of Cambridge and digitise about one-third of the collections, 4 linking the catalogue entries to the digital images (wherever these are available). 5 Most of the contributions stem from presentations given at two workshops organised in April 2013 6 and September 2014 7 at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies of the University of Cambridge, while some (including my own) are independent contributions. However, all of them reflect the diverse efforts of the authors to engage -each in her or his often very personal way -with various aspects of the manuscript cultures of pre-modern South Asia. At the origin of this endeavour there is the shared awareness and recognition that the material features of the technology that allowed knowledge to be stored and circulated -|| 1 We used to call it the Sanskrit Manuscripts Project, which is how I will refer to it in the following pages. 2 Notably, the UL collections include substantial numbers of manuscripts in Prakrit, Tamil, Malayalam, and other medieval Indian languages. 3 Note that throughout the volume the acronym UL will refer to the Cambridge University Library. Similarly, shelf-marks starting with either Add. or Or. identify manuscripts kept in the Cambridge University Library, unless otherwise specified. 4 Due to the limited budget at our disposal, we could not aim at the complete digitisation of all the Sanskrit holdings in the UL. 5 The catalogue is now accessible online in the Sanskrit Manuscripts section of the Cambridge Digital Library: http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sanskrit As is known, before the Sanskrit Manuscripts Project was launched, the only available print catalogue of the Cambridge collections was Cecil Bendall's remarkable 1883 Catalogue of the Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge, which -as the title indicatesonly covers the Buddhist manuscripts acquired until that year.

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On Some Markers Used in a Grantha Manuscript of the Ṛgveda Padapāṭha Belonging to the Cambridge University Library (Or.2366)

Franceschini¹

2017

Indic Manuscript Cultures Through the Ages

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“…Strauch 2014 : 75. 22 For an investigation of the use of this spell in protective texts and its parallels in Buddhist and Āyurvedic literature cf Strauch 2014. : 75-78.…”

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The Ṣaḍakṣara-vidyā: A translation and study of the Tibetan version of the six-syllables spell

Holz

2017

Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques

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: This article examines the Tibetan version of the Ṣaḍakṣara-vidyā , an apotropaic text extracted from the Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna , and discusses its position in early Buddhist rakṣā literature as well as the effects of its mantra , which was employed for healing purposes. The diseases, sores, and different kinds of fever against which the mantra shall be efficacious are given in a long list, which became a common feature throughout Buddhist protective texts. It is the sound substance of the mantra , which brings about the desired effect only when recited correctly. Thus the precise wording of the spell is essential, and this article therefore offers next to a full translation of the Tibetan sūtra also an edition of the mantra s.

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Buddyjska magia przed powstaniem wadźrajany

Szymański

2021

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Pogląd, zgodnie z którym obrzędy magiczne są w obrębie buddyzmu elementem obcym, jest rażąco błędny, jeśli rozpatrywać go w perspektywie historycznej. Rozwój buddyjskiej magii sięga początków tej religii. Do praktyk magicznych powszechnie odwoływali się świeccy wyznawcy i mnisi reprezentujący indyjską śrawakajanę i mahajanę. Za rytuały magiczne można uznać szeroko rozpowszechnione praktyki buddyjskie, takie jak recytacja tekstów ochronnych, oddawanie czci Śakjamuniemu w miejscach szczególnie ważnych w jego życiu, kult stup, kult wizerunków buddów i bodhisattwów. Obrzędowym działaniom charakterystycznym dla praktyk magicznych przypisano nawet funkcję zbawczą, co świadczy o ich randze. Dążenie do rytualnego wpływania na przebieg zdarzeń osiągnęło kulminację w nurcie mahajany, który jest znany z tekstów zwanych „dharani-sutrami”. Dają one wyraz fascynacji magią jako narzędziem przekształcania otoczenia i samego siebie. Stanowią również świadectwo śmiałego czerpania z obcych tradycji liturgicznych. W wielu dharani-sutrach mamy do czynienia z przypisaniem rytuałom o proweniencji magicznej statusu głównego czynnika w procesie zbawczej transformacji umysłu. Wadźrajana rozwinęła się na gruncie podejścia znanego z dharani-sutr.

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The evolution of the Buddhistrakṣāgenre in the light of new evidence from Gandhāra: The **Manasvi-nāgarāja-sūtra*from the Bajaur Collection of Kharoṣṭhī Manuscripts

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On Some Markers Used in a Grantha Manuscript of the Ṛgveda Padapāṭha Belonging to the Cambridge University Library (Or.2366)

On Some Markers Used in a Grantha Manuscript of the Ṛgveda Padapāṭha Belonging to the Cambridge University Library (Or.2366)

The Ṣaḍakṣara-vidyā: A translation and study of the Tibetan version of the six-syllables spell

Buddyjska magia przed powstaniem wadźrajany

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