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Or.8210/P.2

woodblock print, ink on paper

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Title

Printed copy of the Vajracchedikaprajnaparamitasutra (Diamond Sutra) 金剛般若波羅蜜經 (Jing gang bo re bo luo mi jing) translated by Kumarajiva dated to 868

Date

868

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 27.6 centimetres, width 499.5 centimetres

Material

woodblock print, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism colophons dated documents Illustrated

Description

Scope and content : Printed copy of the Vajracchedikasūtra (Diamond Sutra) dated to 868

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.ciii.014

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

The Diamond Sutra (Lapiz Lazuli Texts)

Harrison, PaulResetting the Diamond: Reflections on Kumārajīva’s Chinese Translation of the VajracchedikāJournal of Historical and Philological Studies of China's Western Regions3233–2482010
Harrison, PaulExperimental Core Samples of Chinese Translations of Two Buddhist Sūtras Analysed in the Light of Recent Sanskrit Manuscript DiscoveriesJIABS31.1-2205–2492010
Whitfield, SusanSims-Williams, UrsulaThe Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and FaithLondonThe British Library2004ExhibitionSamarkandKhotanKrorainaMiranDunhuangGaochangwhitfield_susanexhibition

Sponsors

This sutra has been sponsored by John A. Lehman on May 1, 1999 for the well-being of Lewis Lancaster and Ching Chun Hsieh.

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