{"product_id":"9783662714706","title":"Māyājāla – sūtra–a Unique Text of the Gilgit Dīrghāgama: A Critical Edition, Translation and Study","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMāyājāla – sūtra–a Unique Text of the Gilgit Dīrghāgama: A Critical Edition, Translation and Study\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSharygin, Gleb\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eMāyājāla-sūtra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e is a unique Buddhist sūtra which is contained in the newly discovered manuscript of the Sanskrit Buddhist canonical collection called the \u003cem\u003eDīrgha-āgama \u003c\/em\u003e(The Long Collection). The discovery of this Sanskrit manuscript in the 1990s was a major development in early Buddhist studies (only Pāli and Chinese versions were previously available)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIn the first part of this work Gleb Sharygin presented a transliteration, reconstruction and translation of the \u003cem\u003eMāyājāla-sūtra\u003c\/em\u003e, No. 18 in the \u003cem\u003eDīrgha-āgama\u003c\/em\u003e manuscript, as well as an overview of its content. The text of the \u003cem\u003esūtra\u003c\/em\u003e is in a seriously deteriorated state, but a great deal of repetition helped to reconstruct it safely. It is the meaning of the text that presented difficulties. The second part of this work grew from his attempts to understand it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe main result that the study brought is that the text likely constitutes an intermediate link that unites the older ways of canonical writing and thinking with the newer types of Buddhist literature and structures of thought. In particular, the study revealed that the \u003cem\u003eM\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eāyājāla-sūtra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e likely was the source of the first chapters of the \u003cem\u003eSa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eṃ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003edhinirmocana-sūtra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'PT Sans'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e, the first Yogācāra-Vijñānavāda text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: J.B. Metzler\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-08-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783662714706\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-662-71471-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 500\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309904457868,"sku":"9783662714706","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783662714706.jpg?v=1775066485","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783662714706","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}