Vignettes of Buddhist asceticism

• Verfasst von: Chen, Ruixuan [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Vignettes of Buddhist asceticism
• Titelzusatz: jottings on six fragments in Tocharian B
• Verf.angabe: Ruixuan Chen
• Jahr: 2018
• Umfang: 40 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 07.03.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Central Asiatic journal
• Ort Quelle: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1955
• Jahr Quelle: 2018
• Band/Heft Quelle: 61(2018), 2, Seite 217-256
• ISSN Quelle: 2747-4305
• DOI: doi:10.13173/centasiaj.61.2.0217
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Chen, Ruixuan, 1987 - : Vignettes of Buddhist asceticism. - 2018
• K10plus-PPN: 1794891366

Abstract

This paper consists of a disquisition on six fragments of an otherwise unknown text in Tocharian B, which centers on the Buddhist purification practices known as Skt. dhutaguṇa or Pāli dhutaṅga. Adopting a contextualist approach to the fragmentary text, which is translated and annotated in its entirety for the first time, this study draws on numerous textual sources and ethnographic records with reference to kindred ideas and praxis in various strands of Buddhism and, it is hoped, sheds new light not only on the content and structure of this text per se but also on the religio-historical context in which it was transmitted, and its function and purpose in that milieu.