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concertina

Or.8210/S.5603

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Laṅkāvatārasūtra in Tibetan with commentary in Chinese

Date

800 to 1000

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 8.7 centimetres, width 28.3 centimetres

Material

manuscript, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Tibetan (lang.) Tibetan (script) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism colophons Sponsored

Description

Scope and content : Sutra in hybrid pothi/concertina format. The former, with a redundant string hole, is prevalent for the Tibetan text of the sutra (in red ink), while the latter is prevalent when reading the Chinese commentary text (in black ink). 211 ff.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight

Sponsors

Sponsorship of this sutra is by the Chief Executives Organization on the occasion of the 2015 CEO Silk Road College.

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