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Two Old Uigur fragments from Dunhuang connected with the Pure Land belief
Two Old Uigur fragments from Dunhuang connected with the Pure Land belief

Author(s): Tieshan Zhang, Peter Zieme
Subject(s): Language studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Old Uigur; Buddhist literature; Pure Land; commentary; Chinese phrases

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the authors edit two Old Uigur fragments that have recently become accessible from Dunhuang. The first is part of a poem on the famous story of King Bimbasāra and his wife Vaidehī that was popular in Pure Land Buddhism. The second is a kind of a commentary that uses Chinese phrases in original Chinese script.

  • Issue Year: 71/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 253-261
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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