A Sogdian Version of the Mahāyāna-Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra in Pustaka Format

Fragments from the Berlin Turfan Collection and the Ōtani Collection Kyōto

Edited by Iris Colditz

Book cover: A Sogdian Version of the Mahāyāna-Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra in Pustaka Format

Extent: 336, 336 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Buddhist Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Berliner Turfantexte

Series volume number: 53

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(January 2026)

ISBN: 9782503612393

Price: $113.00

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This is the first complete edition of all fragments from the Berlin Turfan Collection and the ?tani Collection Ky?to identified so far as belonging to a Sogdian version of the Buddhist text Mah?y?na-Mah?parinirv??as?tra which has been translated from Chinese and written in the Indian pustaka format.


This is the first complete edition of all fragments from the Berlin Turfan Collection and the Otani Collection Kyoto identified so far as belonging to a Sogdian version of the Buddhist text Mahayana-Mahaparinirvanasutra which has been translated from Chinese and written in the Indian pustaka format.

  • Edited by Iris Colditz