Ratnakūṭa Studies, Volume I

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Rafal Felbur
Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions produced hundreds of scriptures and treatises, only a small number of which have received serious scholarly attention. The present volume inaugurates the Buddhist Open Philology Project (BOPP) publication series, which aims to produce state-of-the-art critical editions, translations, and studies of individual works, thereby seeking to advance the comprehensive study of Buddhism’s vast literary tradition.
This volume collects four studies on the composition and impact of the collection of scriptures called the Mahāratnakūṭa (“Great Heap of Jewels”), including critical editions and translations of two scriptures.

Contributors are: Jonathan A. Silk, †Gadjin M. Nagao, and Michael Radich.
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Rafal Felbur, Ph.D. (2018), Stanford University, is Assistant Professor in Buddhist Studies at the University of Heidelberg. He works on the intellectual, cultural, and social dynamics of the encounter between India and China in the first millennium CE.
Series Introduction
 Jonathan A. Silk

Volume Introduction
 Rafal Felbur / Editor

1 The History of the *Kāśypapaparivarta in Chinese Translations and Its Connection with the Mahāratnakūṭa (Da Baoji jing 大寶積經) Collection
 Jonathan A. Silk and †Gadjin M. Nagao
 1 Introduction
 2 The Versions of the Kāśyapaparivarta
 3 The Dates of the Several Versions of the Kāśyapaparivarta
 4 The Formation of the Mahāratnakūṭa
 Appendix 1
 Appendix 2
 Literature

2 The Mahāratnakūṭa Collection in Indian Buddhist Scriptural Anthologies
Examining the Sūtrasamuccaya, Śikṣāsamuccaya and Mahāsūtrasamuccaya
 Jonathan A. Silk
 1 Introduction
 2 The Comparisons
 3 Misattributions in the Sūtrasamuccaya and Elsewhere
 4 Conclusion
 Literature

3 Assembled in China
A Study of the Shi’er toutuo jing 十二頭陀經
 Jonathan A. Silk, with an appendix on dating by Michael Radich
 1 Introduction
 2 The dhuta Scheme
 3 Mahāyānization?
 4 Sources
 5 Influences
 6 The Edition and Translation
 7 Citations
 Literature
 Appendix (Michael Radich): Computer-Assisted Analysis of Internal Stylistic Evidence for the Composition Scenario of the Shi’er toutuo jing

4 The Gaṅgottarāparipr̥cchā
A Small Mahāyāna Buddhist Scripture
 Jonathan A. Silk
 1 Introduction
 2 Format of the Editions and Translations
 3 Texts and Translations of the Gaṅgottarāparipr̥cchā
 4 Readings
 5 Indices
 Literature

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