The Bhaikṣukī Manuscript of the Candrālaṃkāra

Study, Script Tables, and Facsimile Edition
This volume discusses the Bhaikṣukī manuscript of the Candrālaṃkāra, a twelfth century commentary based on the Cāndravyākaraṇa, Candragomin’s seminal Buddhist grammar of Sanskrit. The detailed study of this codex unicus is accompanied by a facsimile edition and extensive tables of the script, a long-felt desideratum in the field of palaeography.

This volume discusses the Bhaikṣukī manuscript of the Candrālaṃkāra (“Ornament of the Moon”), a commentary of the twelfth century based on the Cāndravyākaraṇa, Candragomin’s seminal Buddhist grammar of Sanskrit. The discovery of the Bhaikṣukī script and of all available written sources are described. The detailed study of this codex unicus of the Candrālaṃkāra is accompanied by a facsimile edition and extensive tables of the script, a long-felt desideratum in the field of palaeography. The Buddhist author of the commentary has been identified for the first time, and the nature of his treatise and its position in the Cāndra school of grammar have been expounded. The history of the manuscript and newly discovered traces of the Bhaikṣukī script in Tibet are discussed. This publication will serve as a prolegomenon necessary for the preparation of a critical edition of the Candrālaṃkāra, which until now was believed to have been lost irretrievably.

The Bhaikṣukī Manuscript of the Candrālaṃkāra will appeal to specialists with interests in a variety of fields such as Indian palaeography, grammar, Buddhism, history, and Indo-Tibetan studies.

Pages: 210

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