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The article presents the results of the discovery and text-critical analysis of the Mongolianlanguage “golden” manuscript fragments brought to Russia and Europe from Dzungaria in the 18th century. At present 34 fragments have been detected in various depositories. The fragments belong to one set of the Mongolian Kanjur most likely dated from the first half of the 17th century. The list of the texts, to which the fragments belong, is given at the end of the article. The text-critical analysis of the fragments reveals that they contain a plethora of preclassic orthography and spelling of loanwords. Three fragments contain the text of the hitherto unknown Mongolian version of the Bhadrakalpika-sūtra, which differs from Dayičing Tayiǰi’s translation included in the bulk of the Mongolian Kanjur copies.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9-19
Number of pages11
JournalRocznik Orientalistyczny
VolumeLXXII
Issue number2
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StateAccepted/In press - 2019
EventThe 7th International Conference of Oriental Studies: Collections of Texts and Artefacts - Ягеллонский университет, Краков, Poland
Duration: 22 Oct 201824 Oct 2018
http://pau.krakow.pl/zaproszenia/2018/Oriental_Studies_zapr_prog_22_24_10_2018.pdf

    Research areas

  • Dzungar fragments, Mongolian Kanjur, “golden” manuscripts, manuscriptology, text-critical analysis

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