Unveiling Gsang phu Madhyamaka Thought in Xixia: The Tangut Version of the Analysis of the Essence of Madhyamaka
Unveiling Gsang phu Madhyamaka Thought in Xixia: The Tangut Version of the Analysis of the Essence of Madhyamaka
Author(s): Zhouyang MaSubject(s): East Asian Philosophy
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Tangut; Tibetan Buddhism; Madhyamaka; Rgya dmar ba; Gsang phu ne’u thog; Dbu ma de kho na nyid
Summary/Abstract: Among the Tangut Buddhist texts discovered from Khara-Khoto, there emerges a text entitled Gu tśja ɣiej tsji̱r tśhji kjịj, which means ‘Analysis of the Essence of Madhyamaka.’ Intriguingly, a Tibetan treatise composed by Rgya dmar ba Byang chub grags (fl. 12th century) bears the same title. A comparison between the texts in both languages shows that about 50% of their contents are the same. Although the Tangut text cannot be regarded as a translation of the Tibetan text we see today, the complex relationship between both texts and the history of the transmission of the Tibetan treatise is worth investigating.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 76/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 239-271
- Page Count: 33
- Language: English
