摘要
迄今为止，分藏于世界各地的敦煌文献已被编为5万余号，宗教文献占了90％以上，个中又以佛教文献为主。这里我们介绍两篇印度佛教天文学文献，对研究印度天文学史、中印文化交流史和佛教文化，恐不无裨益。
An Indian Buddhist classic introduced into China in early time, Sutra of Matanga pre-
sents an Indian astrological knowledge, which is unfolded along a lovely story of mar-
riage. According to it the celestial hierarchy of ancient India put ang at the foremost po-
sition of the twenty-eight constellations, as different from its Chinese counterpart in
which jiao ranks first. However, this sequence is similar to that popular in the Liangshan
area of the Yi people in southwest China. The reason for the resemblance remains for the
future research. The fragments of Sutra of Matanga and Sutra of Sardula-karna in this es-
say are from Dunhuang.
出处
《文物》
CSSCI
北大核心
2000年第1期83-88,共6页
Cultural Relics
