Two Gandhari Manuscripts of the Songs of Lake Anavatapta (Anavatapta-Gatha): British Library Kharosthi Fragment 1 and Senior Scroll 14 Volume 5

by Richard Salomon

This fifth volume in the Gandharan Buddhist Texts series (GBT) presents two fragmentary manuscripts of the poem "Songs of Lake Anavatapta." Previously known from versions in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese, the two recently discovered Gandhari-language versions confirm the poem's popularity in the ancient Buddhist world.

The "Songs of Lake Anavatapta" consists of a series of narrations by the Buddha's foremost disciples (and finally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029598905X
• ISBN13: 9780295989051
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 3.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.7" x 11.0"