Search for other papers by Jens Wilhelm Borgland in
Current site
Google Scholar
Mahādeva, the “Indian Oedipus”, is in some sources blamed for the initial schism between the two main branches of the early Buddhist sects, the Mahāsāṃghikas and the Sthaviras. In this paper I examine a version of the story of Mahādeva found in the Tibetan Dunhuang manuscript labelled IOL Tib J 26, showing that it contains evidence supporting the hypothesis that this story reached Tibet through China. I further show that this Dunhuang manuscript contains an older version of the corresponding section in an early Tibetan history of Buddhism, Mkhas pa lde’u’s Rgya bod kyi chos ’byuṅ rgyas pa (“Extensive history of Buddhism in India and Tibet”).
Purchase
Buy instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):
Institutional Login
Log in with Open Athens, Shibboleth, or your institutional credentials
Personal login
Log in with your brill.com account
-
1
See Takata (2000), Ikeda (2000), Sørensen (2000 [1998]), van Schaik & Galambos (2012). The importance of the Silk Road, the network of trading routes stretching from the Mediterranean to China, not only for trade, but also for the spread of cultural practices and intellectual products such as Buddhism is widely recognised (cf. viz. Zürcher 2002 [1984]:193; see also the UNESCO Silk Road Online Platform: https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/unesco-silk-road-online-platform).
-
2
See Huntington (1986); Rong (2000:257–264); van Schaik (2002); Dalton & van Schaik (2006); Hansen (2012:178 f.); and Schaik & Galambos (2012:24). Together, the Stein and Pelliot collections, now held at the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, respectively, comprise approximately 3000 Tibetan Dunhuang manuscripts of various lengths and in varying states of completeness.
-
19
Cf. van Schaik 2013:126–127; 2014a: 319–321.
-
65
See Chab spel tshe brtan phun tshogs (1987).
-
66
Its author, a Rñing ma pa (Martin 1997:43) named Mkhas pa lde’u, may or may not be the same as Lde’u jo sras, to whom is credited another history of Buddhism, entitled Lde’u chos ’byuṅ (See Lde’u jo sras 1987), from approximately the same period.
-
83
In accordance with Imaeda 2011.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 351 | 41 | 2 |
| Full Text Views | 189 | 1 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 46 | 6 | 0 |
Search for other papers by Jens Wilhelm Borgland in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Mahādeva, the “Indian Oedipus”, is in some sources blamed for the initial schism between the two main branches of the early Buddhist sects, the Mahāsāṃghikas and the Sthaviras. In this paper I examine a version of the story of Mahādeva found in the Tibetan Dunhuang manuscript labelled IOL Tib J 26, showing that it contains evidence supporting the hypothesis that this story reached Tibet through China. I further show that this Dunhuang manuscript contains an older version of the corresponding section in an early Tibetan history of Buddhism, Mkhas pa lde’u’s Rgya bod kyi chos ’byuṅ rgyas pa (“Extensive history of Buddhism in India and Tibet”).
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 351 | 41 | 2 |
| Full Text Views | 189 | 1 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 46 | 6 | 0 |
