Yasutomo NISHI
Associate Director of Chuo Academic Research Institute of Rissho Kosei-kai
Researcher of the International Institute for Nichiren Buddhism of Minobusan University
Updated August 13, 2024
Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Manuscript
Traditions,
Abbreviations,
Age,
Date,
Findspot,
Collection, and
Transcription in Roman Script
Two traditions
and
Revised Editions
The abbreviations of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka manuscripts follow:
Transcription in Roman Script
Th Ed. Toda, H. 1983. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra, Central Asian Manuscripts. Romanized Text. Tokushima.
TC Toda's Concordance: Ed. Kotsuki, H. with the collaboration of Mizufune, N. 2003. A Concordance of Romanized Texts of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Manuscripts Transliterated by Prof. Hirofumi Toda in Reference to the Kern-Nanjio Edition. In Ed. Kotsuki, H. 2003. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from University of Tokyo General Library. (No. 414) Romanized Text. Tokyo. Appendix II: 256-265.
(1) Ed. Zhongxin, J. 1997. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Fragments from the Lüshun Museum Collection Facsimile Edition and Romanized Text. Tokyo.
(2) Notes of N. D. Mironov's Reading from Central Asia in Dt.
(3) Th Part Two: the Farhād-Bēg Manuscript.
(4) Ed. Wile, K. 2000. Fragments of a Manuscript of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra from Khādaliq with Romanized Text. Tokyo.
(5) Th Part Three Central Asian Manuscript II.
(6) Th Part Three Central Asian Manuscript III.
(7) Th Part Three Central Asian Manuscript IV.
(8) Th Three Central Asian Manuscript V.
(9) Th Three Central Asian Manuscript VI.
(10) Th Three Central Asian Manuscript VII.
(11) Ed. Watanabe, S. 1975. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra. Manuscripts Found in Gilgit II. Tokyo.
(12) Ed. von Hinüber, O. 1982. A New Fragmentary Gilgit Manuscript of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra. Tokyo.
(13) Ed. Zhongxin, J. 1997. A Sanskrit Manuscript of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka: Kept in the Library of the Cultural Palace of the Nationalities Romanized Text. Beijing.
(14) Ed. Kotsuki, H. 2010. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from Cambridge University Library (Add. 1684) Romanized Text. Tokyo.
(15) Ed. Mizufune, H. 2011. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the British Library. (Or. 2204) Romanized Text. Tokyo.
(16) Ed. Toda, H. 2001-2004. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the National Archives of Nepal. (No. 4-21) Romanized Text. Tokyo.
(17) Ed. Kotsuki, H. 2014. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the Asiatic Society, Kolkata. (No. 4079) Romanized Text. Tokyo.
(18) Ed. Kotsuki, H. 2007. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. (No. 6)
(19) Ed. Kotsuki, H. 2003. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from University of Tokyo General Library. (No. 414) Romanized Text. Tokyo.
(20) Ed. Kotsuki, H. 2008. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the Société Asiatique. (No. 2) Romanized Text. Tokyo.
(21) Ed. Toda, H. 2002. ‘Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra.’ In Braarvig, J., Harrison, P., Hartmann, J-U., Matsuda, K. and Sander, L. Buddhist
Manuscripts Vol.II, Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection III. Hermes Publishing. Oslo: 69-95.
Revised Texts of Mixed Some Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Manuscripts
KN Ed. Kern, H. and Nanjio, B. 1908-1912. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, Bibliotheca Buddhica X. St. Pétersbourg.
WT Ed. Wogihara, U and Tsuchida, C. 1934-1935. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtram, Romanized and Revised Text of the Bibliotheca. Buddhica
Publication by Consulting a Sanskrit MS. and Tibetan and Chinese Translations. Tokyo.
Dt Ed. Dutt, N. 1953. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtram, with N. D. Mironov's Readings from Central Asian MSS. Bibliotheca India.
A Collection of Oriental Works, Work No. 276, Issue No. 1565. Calcutta.
V Ed. Vaidya, P. L. 1960. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtram. Buddhist Sanskrit texts No.6. Darbhanga.