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This is an edition of the archaic Tocharian B manuscript PK AS 12 from the Pelliot Koutchéen collection of Paris, which contains fragments of a theatre play about the life of the Buddha from ca. 500 CE. While the Buddha’s life is a well developed genre of Buddhist literature, no dramatised text is attested anywhere else. Due to the fragmentary state of the manuscript and the difficult and unusual style and vocabulary, the interpretation of this text is challenging. This is the first edition, presenting the text with thorough commentaries and notes, and a wealth of contextual information.
Price: $89.00
Pages: 260
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Central Asian Languages and Buddhist Texts
Publication Date:
07 January 2027
ISBN: 9789004700574
Format: Hardcover
Georges-Jean Pinault (PhD 1982, HDR 1994) is Professor at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris Sciences et Lettres, for the philology of Buddhist texts from Central Asia. His research field includes the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.
Michaël Peyrot (PhD 2010) is Professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University. His research focuses on the historical linguistics and prehistory of Tocharian and other Central Asian languages, and includes work on the philology and decipherment of Tocharian.
Michaël Peyrot (PhD 2010) is Professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University. His research focuses on the historical linguistics and prehistory of Tocharian and other Central Asian languages, and includes work on the philology and decipherment of Tocharian.