Table of Contents

PREFACE

Acknowledgements        ix

Foreword, H.H. Somdet Phra Buddhacharya        x

Foreword, Jens Braarvig        xiii

Conventions and abbreviations        xv

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INTRODUCTION

Gandhāra        xvii

The Origin of the Manuscripts        xviii

The Scripts        xxi

The Manuscript Project        xxiii

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The Schøyen Collection in Context, Jens-Uwe Hartmann        xxvi

On the Importance of the BMSC, Kazunobu Matsuda        xxviii

An Analysis of the Scripts, Lore Sander        xxx

Kharoṣṭhī Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection, Richard Salomon      xxxiii

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THE MANUSCRIPTS

1. Āgama Sūtra

• Caṅgīsūtra        2

• Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra        6

• Andhasūtra, Sūtra on the Three Moral Defects of Devadatta, and Kauvikumārāvadāna        10

• Śikhālasūtra        14

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2. Mahāyāna Sūtra

• Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā        18

• The Mahāyāna Sūtra Manuscript        22

• Vajracchedikāprajñāpāramitā        26

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3. Vinaya

• Prātimokṣa-Vibhaṅga        32

• Karmavācanā        38

• On the Qualifications of a Vinayadhara        42

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4. Abhidharma

• Śāriputra-Abhidharma        46

• A Commentary on the Mahāsamājasūtra        50

• Fragments of an Early Commentary        52

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5. Avadāna

• The Aśoka Legend        58

• Jyotiṣkāvadāna        62

• Avadānaśataka        66

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6. Miscellaneous

• A Bactrian Buddhist Manuscript        72

• A Mīmāṃsaka Among the Buddhists        74

• Buddhastotras of Mātṛceṭa        78

• Āryaśūra’s Jātakamālā        82

• An Unusual ye dharmā Formula        86

• A Jar with a Kharoṣṭhī Inscription        88

• A Fragment of a Play        90

• A Copper Scroll Inscription        92

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APPENDIX

Bibliography        100