Imperial Postscript to the Tangut, Chinese and Tibetan Editions of the dhāraṇī-sūtras in the Collection of the IOM, RAS

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Three parallel editions of dhāraṇī-sūtras in Tangut, Chinese and Tibetan languages were published in the Tangut state in 1149. The Tibetan edition is of particular importance, because until recently specimens of printing in Tibetan, that could belong to an earlier date, have not been found anywhere. All the editions are equal in terms of their contents and contain the postscript written by the Emperor Renzong. The main goal of the article is to introduce the previously unpublished Tibetan text of the postscript in correspondence with the Tangut and Chinese versions. Besides, the article provides information about the study, preservation state, and codicology of all the three editions.

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Saya Hamanaka

Research Associate of the Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University

Email: saya-hamanaka@asagi.waseda.jp
Japan

Alla A. Sizova

Institute of the Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: al.la.sizova@yandex.ru
Russian Federation

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