In Praise of the Light: A Critical Synoptic Edition with an Annotated Translation of Chapters 1-3 of Dharmarakṣa's Guang zan jing 光讚經, being the Earliest Chinese Translation of the Larger Prajñāpāramitā

Stefano Zacchetti. Errata Slip Inserted. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 438-457) And Index. Includes English And Chinese Translations And Original Sanskrit Texts. Stefano Zacchetti. Table of Contents xi~ Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: General Introduction 2~ 1.1 Preamble 3~ 1.2 Aims and organisation of this work 7~ 1.2.1 The synoptic edition 9~ 1.2.2 The annotated translation 13~ 1.2.2.1 Some remarks on Dharmarakṣa‘s translation ... 17~ 1.3 Sources used in the synoptic edition and in the translation of ... 17~ 1.3.1 Sanskrit sources 19~ 1.3.1.1 The Gilgit manuscript of the Larger Prajñāpāramitā 27~ 1.3.1.2 The Nepalese recension of the Pañcaviṃśati- 29 1.3.1.3 The Sri Lanka Fragments of the Pañcaviṃśati- 29 1.3.1.4 The Sanskrit Śatasāhasrikā ... 29~ 1.3.2 Tibetan sources 30~ 1.3.3 Chinese sources 30~ 1.3.3.1 Fang guang jing 32 1.3.3.2 Kumārajīva’s translation of Larger Prajñāpāramitā 33 1.3.3.3 Xuanzang’s translationof Pañcaviṃśati- 33~ 1.3.3.4 Methodological considerations on the Chinese sources 36~ 1.4 The Guang zan jing as a witness of Larger Prajñāpāramitā 37~ 1.4.1 Versions 42~ 1.4.2 Recensions Chapter 2: The Guang zan jing: A Historical Sketch 51 2.1 Introductory remarks 51~ 2.2 The earliest sources on the Guang zan jing 51~ 2.2.1 Dao’an’s Preface to the Concise synoptic explanation of ... 53~ 2.2.2 The anonymous Jianbei jing shizhu huming bing shuxu 61~ 2.2.2.1 Some further remarks on the JBSX as a source on th ehistory of GZJ 62~ 2.3 The catalogues 65~ 2.4 The fortunes of the GZJ 69~ Appendix: a note on the authorship and relative chronology of the JBSX Chapter 3: Prolegomena to the Critical Edition of the Guang zan jing 74~ 3.1. Introductory remarks 79~ 3.2 The witness of the GZJ 79 3.2.1 Manuscripts 79~ 3.2.1.1 Manuscripts of the ten-roll GZJ 80~ 3.2.1.2 Manuscripts of the fifteen-roll GZJ 82~ 3.2.1.3 Manuscript fragments of copies of GZJ ... 83~ 3.2.1.4 Other manuscripts 86~ 3.2.1.5 Variant readings and political vagaries: ... 92~ 3.2.2 Printed editions 95~ 3.2.2.1 Editions of the Kaibao zang lineage (Type 1) 96~ 3.2.2.1.1 The Kaibao zang 99~ 3.2.2.1.2 The Jin zang 101~ 3.2.2.1.3 The Second Koryo canon 102~ 3.2.2.2 Editions of the Liao zang lineage (Type 2) 102~ 3.2.2.2.1 The Liao zang 104~ 3.2.2.2.2 The stone-carved Sūtras of Fangshan 109~ 3.2.2.3 Editions of the Fuzhou-Sixi lineage (Type 3) 110~ 3.2.2.3.1 The Fuzhou editions 112~ 3.2.2.3.2 The Sixi zang 115 3.2.2.3.3 The Qisha zang 116 3.2.2.3.4 The Puning zang 116~ 3.2.2.3.5 Ming and Qing editions 117~ 3.2.2.3.6 A Problem in Type 3 editons: ... 121~ 3.3 The recension of the GZJ 123~ 3.3.1 The Northen line 127~ 3.3.2 The Southern line 132~ 3.3.3 Some general remarks on the tradition of the GZJ 140 3.3.4 Conclusions: some pratical guidelines 141~ 3.4 The organization of the apparatus to the critical edition ... Part II: Critical and Synoptic Editionof the Guang zan jing 144~ GZJ - Chapter 1 200~ GZJ - Chapter 2 207~ GZJ - Chapter 3 Part III: Annotated Translation of the Guang zan jing 241~ Chapter 1: In Praise of the Light 319~ Chapter 2: Complying with Emptiness 327~ Chapter 3: Practising Emptiness Appendix: The Gilgit Manuscript of the Larger Prajñāpāramitā Index of Chinese Terms Abbreviations and Bibliography Abbreviations of the Chinese Editions Used in the Critical Edition Conventions for editing passages from the Gilgit MS of the Larger PP Bibliography About Author