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- Title
The evolution of the Buddhist rakṣā genre in the light of new evidence from Gandhāra: The *Manasvi-nāgarāja-sūtra from the Bajaur Collection of Kharoṣṭhī Manuscripts.
- Authors
Strauch, Ingo
- Abstract
This article examines the *Manasvi-nāgarāja-sūtra, a unique text in the rakṣā genre of Buddhist literature dating to the early centuries of the common era. In addition to exploring special features of the vocabulary and meaning of this text, the article places the *Manasvi-nāgarāja-sūtra in the wider context of Buddhist textual and ritual practice in the first, second and third centuries ce.
- Subjects
BUDDHIST literature -- History &; criticism; BUDDHIST dharani; GANDHARI Prakrit language; PROTECTION magic; BUDDHIST mantras; BUDDHIST sacred books; FREIE Universitat Berlin
- Publication
Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies, 2014, Vol 77, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0041-977X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0041977X14000044