The article examines the content of and the boundary between chapters 17 and 18 of the fifth-century Khotanese Buddhist poem known as The Book of Zambasta (§ 1). After a survey of the chapter division adopted by modern editors (§ 2), the authors point to the textual continuity between the two chapters (§ 3), the absence of the usual formal marks of chapter boundaries (§ 4) and the structural unity of the two chapters (§ 5). On the basis of considerations about the production and use of the manuscript (§§ 6-7), they conclude that chapters 17 and 18 are really one chapter (§ 8). An appendix proposes an improved reading of the annotation at the end of chapter 19.
Annotations on the Book of Zambasta, III: chapter 18 no more / Maggi, Mauro; G., Martini. - In: SCRIPTA. - ISSN 1971-9027. - STAMPA. - 7:(2014), pp. 139-158.
Annotations on the Book of Zambasta, III: chapter 18 no more
MAGGI, Mauro;
2014
Abstract
The article examines the content of and the boundary between chapters 17 and 18 of the fifth-century Khotanese Buddhist poem known as The Book of Zambasta (§ 1). After a survey of the chapter division adopted by modern editors (§ 2), the authors point to the textual continuity between the two chapters (§ 3), the absence of the usual formal marks of chapter boundaries (§ 4) and the structural unity of the two chapters (§ 5). On the basis of considerations about the production and use of the manuscript (§§ 6-7), they conclude that chapters 17 and 18 are really one chapter (§ 8). An appendix proposes an improved reading of the annotation at the end of chapter 19.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
