A New Version of the Gandhari Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-Birth Stories - British Library Kharosthi Fragments 16 + 25

Timothy Lenz is a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Washington and a member of the British Library/University of Washington Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project.

Summary

Presents an examination of the British Library Kharosthi scrolls, which are fragile and brittle fragments of manuscript on birch-bark rolls. This book presents two texts, one representing an anthology of verses well known in the Buddhist tradition, and the other a series of stories concerning previous births of the Buddha and of his disciples.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Glass, Timothy Lenz, Tomothy Lenz
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• EAN: 9780295983080
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98308-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Weight: 1021 g
• Illustrations: 29 illus., 8 in color
• Series: Gandharan Buddhist Texts; Gandharan Buddhist Texts; Gandharan Buddhist TextsGandharan Buddhist TextsGandharan Buddhist TextsGandharan Buddhist TextsGandharan Buddhist TextsA New Version of the Gandhari Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-Birth Stor
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous