On a xylographic compilation of Buddhist texts in Mongolian language from the National Museum of the Republic of Tuva
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2019.2.12Keywords:
Buddhism; written source; museum; xylographic compilations; Mongolian woodblock print; Mongolian language; Lhantab; Sakya Pandita; Subhashita; lcang skya rol ba'i rdo rjeAbstract
This publication discusses a woodcut compilation of Buddhist texts from the collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Tuva, also providing a transliteration and Russian translation of the text. This woodcut collection in Mongolian (code M–143) is a rather rare edition. It has 11 sheets of small format and consists of short extracts from such works as the “Lhantab”, “The Awakening Sutra of the worship of Yidam (yi dam)”, “Subhashita” by Sakya Panditas, the teachings of Janja-Khutuhta Rolby-Dorje (lcang skya rol ba'i rdo rje) and Yonjin Yeshe Dzhaltsana (yongs 'dzin ye shes rgyal mtshan).
A well-known Mongolian researcher A. G. Sazykin, when describing the Mongolian collection of the Museum, noted the presence of Buryat publications in it. One such sample is a woodcut compilation of the observance of Buddhist vows (M–143), which he had never seen before. The peculiarity of this woodblock is that it adopts a system for placing diacritical marks which differs from that in traditional Mongolian woodblock prints. Thus, diacritical marks in the form of two points, indicating the consonant γ, here indicate the consonant q.
The layout of this collection demonstrates the high erudition of its compiler. Although his name is not explicitly mentioned in the text, there is only an indirect indication that the text was put together by several, rather than one, compilers.
The text allows us to shed some light on the principles of the use of well-known writings in explaining the provisions of the Buddhist doctrine. The fact that the text contains an appeal to believers from among the secular followers of the Buddha’s teaching demonstrates the importance of this field of preaching, practised by Buddhist clergy among Tuvans.
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Muzraeva D. N. and Sumba R. P. On a xylographic compilation of Buddhist texts in Mongolian language from the National Museum of the Republic of Tuva. The New Research of Tuva, 2019, no. 2 [online] Available at: https://nit.tuva.asia/nit/article/view/852 (access date: ...). DOI: 10.25178/nit.2019.2.12
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Delyash N. Muzraeva, Kalmyk Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Candidate of Philology, Leading Research Fellow and Head, Department of Mongolian Philology, Kalmyk Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Rita P. Sumba, Aldan-Maadyr National Museum of the Republic of Tuva
Research Fellow, Department of Culture, Science and Religion, Aldan Maadyr National Museum of the Republic of Tuva.
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