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Buddhism Among the Turks of Central Asia
By: Margit Kover
Buddhism Among the Turks of Central Asia, Margit Kover,


 
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Author: Margit Kover
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9788177420876
Publication Date: 2009


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This book by Margit Koves details the history of Turks in Central Asia from their first empire on the Orkhon River from 546 to 658 AD the Second Empire from 678 747 AD and the subsequent Uigur states in Kocho. It describes the origin and development of the Uigur language and the formation of written Uigur literature from the oral tradition. The main thrust of the work is the place of the Golden Light Sutra (Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra) in Uigur literature its rich source of dharanis which are of great relevance for linguistics and the interrelations of different versions in Sanskrit Tibetan and Chinese. An account of explorations in Sinchiang in the third chapter surveys the remnants of civilisations of the Central Asian peoples. The detailed analysis of 35 dharanis in Uigur Turkish Sanskrit Tibetan and Chinese transcriptions is invaluable for a comparative study of phonetics literary transmission techniques and a better comprehension of the mantras and their use in meditational exercises. The dharanis represent the earliest stratum of tantric praxis and thought and Tibetan exegesis rightly considers the Golden Light Sutra to belong to the Tantras.

Buddhism Among the Turks of Central Asia, Margit Kover, Aditya Prakashan, Hardcover, 227 pages, $55.00

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