AUC Philologica (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica) is an academic journal published by Charles University. It publishes scholarly articles in a large number of disciplines (English, German, Greek and Latin, Oriental, Romance and Slavonic studies, as well as in phonetics and translation studies), both on linguistic and on literary and cultural topics. Apart from articles it publishes reviews of new academic books or special issues of academic journals.
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AUC PHILOLOGICA, Vol 2013 No 1 (2013), 63–71
Tibetský text sútry o deseti králích ze sbírek Národní galerie v Praze
[Tibetan Text of Sutra on the Ten Kings from the Collection of National Gallery in Prague]
Daniel Berounský
published online: 29. 12. 2014
abstract
This contribution introduces the first known Tibetan version of the Sutra on the Ten Kings (Shí wáng jīng), a Buddhist apocryphal text widely known in East Asia that contains instructions for the funeral and commemorative rituals. The Tibetan version is not a literal translation from the Chinese original, but incorporates parts not present in the Chinese versions. The Tibetan manuscript kept in the National Gallery in Prague is probably from the 19th century. The article questions whether this funeral ritual was known in Tibet, pointing to its possible spread in Kham and outside the educated elite of Buddhist monks.
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