A Transliteration of Prajñākaramati's Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā (ZX0617–ZB20) Chapter One
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A Transliteration of Prajñākaramati's Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā (ZX0617–ZB20) Chapter One
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In Wang et al. (2022), we presented a philological analysis and introduction of a newly-identified palm-leaf manuscript (ZX0617-ZB20) containing Prajñākaramati's Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā (hereafter BCAP). Through systematic collation with the standard edition established by de la Vallée Poussin (1901-1914), we reconstructed BCAP’s commentaries on Bodhicaryāvatāra (BCA) 1.1, 3.28-33, and 4.1-14 passages conspicuously absent from the aforementioned critical edition. Building upon this foundation, Wang et al. (2023) extended this reconstruction to encompass the commentary on BCA 4.15-48, similarly omitted from de la Vallée Poussin (1901-1914). These successive publications have rendered publicly accessible all lacunae in the standard edition that our manuscript evidence permits to supplement. Given that these reconstructed passages constitute the manuscript's principal scholarly contribution, our initial research prioritization focused on their transliteration and analysis. Consequently, even though our team had nearly completed transliterating the entire BCAP manuscript, we temporarily deferred further verification and comparative work (involving the Tibetan translation of BCAP and various cited works) on the remaining, less critical portions. Subsequent to disseminating these findings, however, we received communications from several scholars engaged in producing the first complete modern-language translation of BCAP. This development is particularly significant, as BCAP, despite its century-long status as a critically edited text, has only been partially translated and remains without a full translation to this day. Recognizing that our ongoing transliteration and textual comparisons might benefit this translation effort, we have decided to present here a transliteration of the remaining portion of Chapter 1 of our BCAP manuscript, along with a comparative analysis against the Tibetan version of BCAP, relevant cited works, the Bhāvanākrama, and the Śikṣāsamuccaya.
Citation
Wang Junqi, Lan Fang, and Kanglei Xiang. "A Transliteration of Prajñākaramati's Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā (ZX0617–ZB20) Chapter One." Journal of Buddhist Studies 21 (2024): 159–193.
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Written by Prajñākaramati (950–1030), the Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā is considered to be the most important Indian commentary on the Bodhicaryāvatāraby Śāntideva. This commentary explains the words in the verses (tshig 'grel), with additional commentaries on difficult points. Excluding The Dedication Chapter, it has only nine chapters.
