A Late Khotanese textual fragment on false and right thought as the cycle of rebirth and extinction (P 2026 90–99)

The article offers diplomatic and critical editions and a translation with philological commentary and glossary of six Late Khotanese verses that are contained in lines 90–99 of the miscellaneous manuscript Pelliot chinois 2026 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. The verses deal with false and right thought, which are said to produce the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) and extinction (nirvāṇa) respectively, and mentions the paradox of Mount Sumeru inserted into a mustard seed.