On Some Variants in the Lotus Sutra
Bunpo Kojima · JOURNAL OF INDIAN AND BUDDHIST STUDIES (INDOGAKU BUKKYOGAKU KENKYU) · 1958
Sutra by Bunpo KojimaIn the British Museum are to be found the fragments of a Sanskrit Text of the Lotus of the Pure Law Sutra from Khadalik.This Text (Or.9613) is a paper manuscript with seven lines to the page written in Upright Gupta.These fragments represent nine chapters, of which the first is the Utsahaparivarta Chapter, consisting of three leaves.The second is the Sukhaviharaparivarta chapter with one leaf, and the third, the Punyaparyaparivarta Chapter, four leaves.The fourth is the Anumodanapunyanyanirdesaparivarta Chapter, ten leaves; the fifth, the Dharmabadnakanusamsaparivarta Chapter, ten leaves; and sixth, the Sahaparibhutaparivarta Chapter, six leaves.The