德藏西域梵文写本：整理与研究回顾

The Study of Sanskrit Manuscripts in German Turfan Finds:A Review

德藏西域梵文写本：整理与研究回顾杨富学敦煌、西域出土梵文文献的收藏、研究情况，是人们所关心的问题。长期以来，这些写本一直深受国际学术界的重视，是西方敦煌学、西域佛教史、印度学和梵文研究的一项极为重要的内容、涌现出一批又一批的富有学术价值的研究成果。但...

rom different sites of Xinjiang numerous Buddhist manuscripts in Chinese,Uighur,Prakrit,Sanskrit,Tokharian,Khotanese-Saka,Sogdian and also in other lan-guages have been found.In this paper,I will give a historical outline of research on theSanskrit MSS.from the German Turfan Finds which form the largest collection from theNorthern Silk Road.Since 1911 when H.Luders edited a palm leaf manuscript containingthe fragmentary text of A’svaghosa’s dramas,research work has been carried continu-ously and numerous Sanskrit MSS.have been edited and published.These MSS.belongto all the major forms of Buddhism.The Hinayana texts found in Sanskrit language areattributed to the Sarvastivadins and the Dharmaguptakas,the sects that attained muchpopularity in Xinjiang.The MSS.belonging to the Mahayana represent its early form.Texts of the Tantric Buddhism are mainly of the nature of the Dharanis.Prajnaparamitaliterature also forms an integral part of the Sanskrit manuscripts from Xinjiang.Thefragments belonging Agamas,corresponding to the Nikayas in Pali,have been traced inthe Chinese Tripitaka,but there are different between the originals and their transla-tions.Apart from the Agamas,in Xinjiang have been found a few fragments of theVinaya texts.Besides the Buddhist texts,there are a few MSS.which deal with secularmatters like medicine etc。