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Pothi manuscript of Saddharmapundarikasutra (Lotus Sutra) in Sanskrit.
Date
600 to 699
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Measurement
height 18 centimetres, width 56.5 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Losty (Zwalf 1985: Cat. 71) suggest that this manuscript probably came from a stupa at Khadalik although it was then sold on to the Russian, German and British consular officials. He estimates that there are about 500 folios in total, 40 of which are in the British Library (Or.9613/1-40). He writes: 'the details of the colophon indicate that the commissioner (whose name is lost) and her family were of Indian origin but used the local language Khotanese.'
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Kha.
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Site near Domoko on Southern Taklamakan
Sponsors
The digitisation of this manuscript has been made possible thanks to the support of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University (http://iriab.soka.ac.jp/).
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