Powers of Protection : : The Buddhist Tradition of Spells in the Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha Collections / / Gergely Hidas.

• Funder: European Research Council,
• VerfasserIn: Hidas, Gergely, 1970-
• Author: European Research Council,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Beyond Boundaries Ser.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 418 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This sourcebook explores the most extensive tradition of Buddhist dhāraṇī literature and provides access to the earliest available materials for the first time: a unique palm-leaf bundle from the 12th-13th centuries and a paper manuscript of 1719 CE. The Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha collections have been present...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 An Edition of Cambridge Ms. Add. 1680.8
• 3 An Edition of Cambridge Ms. Add. 1326
• Appendices
• A.1 Gilgit spell texts (ca. 6th-7th c.)
• A.2 Lhan Kar Ma catalogue spells and related texts (ca. 800 CE)
• A.3 Asiatic Society of Bengal, Kolkata, Ms. B 5
• A.4 University of Tokyo Library, Ms. 201
• A.5 University of Tokyo Library, Ms. 420
• A.6 Private collection Ms., Kathmandu = NGMPP E 1774-3
• A.7 National Archives, Kathmandu, Ms. NAK 5/31 = NGMPP B 107-14
• A.8 Unspecified collection Ms. and Asha Archives, Kathmandu, Ms. 2507
• A.9 Bodleian Library, Oxford, Ms. 1449 - Ms. Hodgson 6
• A.10 Asha Archives, Kathmandu, Ms. No. 2566
• A.11 Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Ms. No. 62
• A.12 Royal Asiatic Society, London, Hodgson Ms. 55
• A.13 Private collection Ms., Kathmandu = NGMPP E 614-3
• A.14 University of Tokyo Library, Ms. 419
• A.15 University of Tokyo Library, Ms. 418
• A.16 Toyo Bunko, Tokyo, Ms. No. 13
• A.17 National Archives, Kathmandu, Ms. NAK 3/589 = NGMPP A 131-9, A 861/13
• A.18 National Archives, Kathmandu, Ms. NAK 3/641 = NGMPP A 131-10
• References
• Index