Aṣṭasāhasrikā; Lokakṣema; early Mahāyāna; Orality; Prajñāpāramitā; T 224; Writing
抄録
This article studies selected references to orality and writing in the Prajñāpāramitā text translated by Lokakṣema and extant as Taishō entry 224 under the title 道行般若經. The concern of the study is to explore what such references convey regarding emic expectations of how members of the audience will be engaging with this text.
目次
Introduction 77 I. The Opening of the Sūtra 77 II. Hearing the Prajñāpāramitā 79 III. Writing the Prajñāpāramitā 81 IV. Writing and the Spread of Novel Texts 85 Conclusion 91 Acknowledgement 91 Abbreviations 91 References 91