The Varṇārhavarṇa in the Mongolian manuscript Kanjur
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19489133 |
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| Authors | Kirill Alekseev (0000-0002-5729-9635, St Petersburg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 3-12 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Written Monuments of the Orient (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2410-0145 |
| Publisher | Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.55512/wmo687133 |
| OpenAlex | W7128913908 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
The Varṇārhavarṇa is an ample eulogy to the Buddha composed by the eminent Indian poet Mātṛceṭa not later than the 4th c. AD. The work has survived to the present day in a number of Sanskrit fragments as well as Tibetan and Mongolian translations. Generally, the Tibeto-Mongolian canonical tradition places the Varṇārhavarṇa in the Tanjurs. Nevertheless, the Phugbrag Kanjur contains the incomplete text of the work (ch. 2–12). Notably, the Mongolian manuscript Kanjur compiled in 1628–1629 encloses chapters four and five of the hymn. Both renditions in the Tibetan and Mongolian Kanjurs have characteristic structural features indicating that they could ascend to one and the same Tibetan version of the Varṇārhavarṇa, different from the one in the Tanjurs
Buddhism · Eulogy · Gautama Buddha · Sanskrit · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Linguistics and Cultural Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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