Cantwell / Mayer | The Kilaya Nirvana Tantra and the Vajra Wrath Tantra: Two Texts from the Ancient Tantra Collection | Buch | 978-3-7001-3678-1 | sack.de

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band 349, 289 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 300 mm, Gewicht: 890 g

Reihe: Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse

Cantwell / Mayer

The Kilaya Nirvana Tantra and the Vajra Wrath Tantra: Two Texts from the Ancient Tantra Collection

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band 349, 289 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 300 mm, Gewicht: 890 g

Reihe: Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse

ISBN: 978-3-7001-3678-1
Verlag: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften


The 1,000 plus texts of the Ancient Tantra Collection (rNying ma'i rgyud 'bum) contain many of the oldest examples of Tantric literature in Tibetan. They also contain many of the most important examples of Buddhist Tantric literature surviving in any language. Their contribution to Tibetan religion and culture over the last 1,200 years has been incalculable, and remains undiminished in modern times. Yet, like most manuscript traditions of such great antiquity, centuries of accumulated scribal corruption have reduced them in a great many cases almost to incomprehensibility, even to the most learned Tibetan lamas. Modern times have been a particularly testing period for this great scriptural tradition, above all because the Chinese invasion of Tibet led to the destruction of an estimated 95% of its extant witnesses. In this work, Cantwell and Mayer attempt to start the immense task of restoring these wonderful texts to their original state through textual criticism. They discuss the received scribal state of the texts, their surviving editions, and different possible methods of restoring them through textual criticism. They produce editions of two importang texts, also considering features of their original compilation, and commentarial usage of them. This is intended as a small contribution towards the eventual restoration of the entire tradition.
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Mayer, Robert
is University Research Lecturer in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford

Cantwell, Cathy
is Research Officer, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford


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