Volume 5Two Gandhari Manuscripts of the "Songs of Lake Anavatapta" (Anavatapta-gatha)

Richard Salomon is professor of Sanskrit in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington and director of the University of Washington Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project. He is the author of Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhara and A Gandhari Version of the Rhinoceros Sutra.

• Illustrations and TablesPrefaceFormat, Transcription, and Citation SystemAbbreviationsPart I. The Anavatapta-Gatha and Its New Gandhari VersionsPart II. The British Library Manuscript of the Anavatapta-Gatha: British Library Karosthi Fragment 1Part III. The Senior Manuscript of the Anavatapta-Gatha: Senior Scroll 14Appendix 1: Text and Translation of Mahakasyapa's Recitation from the Sanskrit and Tibetan TextsAppendix 2: Concordance of Verses in Mahakasyapa's RecitationReferencesWork Index to the AG-GlWord Index to the AG-Gs

"There is hardly any aspect of the Anavataptagatha that is not carefully considered in all possible aspects, to be then interpreted with cautious but penetrating judgment. Whoever wants to learn how to handle really difficult fragmentary Buddhist or other texts with outstanding success should first carefully study and absorb this book."(Journal of the American Oriental Society)