Buddhist literature; Buddhist homiletics; Sanskrit manuscripts; gambling; preaching
摘要
The paper focuses on the 12th chapter of the *Saddharmaparikathā, a Buddhist homileticians’ guidebook containing sample sermons, dealing with the topic of gambling (dyūta). I edit, translate, and discuss the chapter with an introduction that includes a short overview of gambling in Sanskrit literature at large. The anonymous author is dismissive of gambling in all its forms, whether it is practised for material gain, for mere pleasure, and even if studied as an art. In spite of its exiguity, his discussion of the topic is, as far as we are aware, the most comprehensive in classical Buddhist literature.
目次
Abstract 340 1 Introduction 341 2 Edition and Translation of Ch. 12 362 Acknowledgments 373 Appendix 1: List of Metres Employed in ch. 12 373 Appendix 1: List of Metres Employed in ch. 12 374 References 374 Primary Sources: Sanskrit 374 Secondary Sources 381
