Buddhist lexicography; mahāśakya; mahesakkha; mahāśākya; Central Asia; Kalhaṇa; Rājataraṅgiṇī
抄録
The brief note draws attention to an occurence of the Buddhist word mahāśakya in manuscripts of Kalhaṇa's Rājataraṅgiṇī that has gone unrecognized so far and therefore was dismissed in modern editions in favour of a spurious reading.