Life and works of Alexander Csoma de Körös : $b A biography compiled chiefly from hitherto unpublished data — John Shaqi
Life and works of Alexander Csoma de Körös : $b A biography compiled chiefly from hitherto unpublished dataDuka, Tivadar
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Life and works of Alexander Csoma de Körös : $b A biography compiled chiefly from hitherto unpublished data
Duka, Tivadar
Kőrösi Csoma, Sándor, 1784-1842
15. “The ‘Kahgyur’ family, in manuscript exemplars (copies), were
divided according to the size of paper, characters employed in
copying, into more or less, but generally in 100 volumes. They form
now in printed exemplars 90 volumes, with an additional one,
containing, on 124 leaves, a prolix and historical account on
several subjects, not reducible under one general head. I have now
in my possession an exact copy, word for word, of the last 42
leaves, specifying the contents of the above-mentioned 90 volumes,
with all their divisions and subdivisions, mentioning the names of
the translators, the number of chapters and leaves in every volume,
written in capital characters by a good writer, on common
Kashmirian paper, bearing ink but on one side, in 30 sheets. It is
impossible for me to give now a detailed account of the contents. I
shall mention, therefore, the principal parts.
16. “According to this Register, the ‘Dulva’ (education, Vinaya in
Sanskrit), in 13 volumes, in a very easy and agreeable style, gives
interesting historical accounts on wars, particularly between the
kings of Magadha and Anga, in Paks-yul (arya in Sanskrit, the
highland); and for moral instruction relates many hundred fables,
apologues, and parables. The She’s-rab-kyi-p’ha-rol-tu-p’hyin pa,
by contraction ‘Shér-p’hyin’ (evergoing or everlasting wisdom;
Prajna’ pàramità in Sanskrit), written on moral subjects, contains,
in 12 volumes, many excellent moral precepts.
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