S. Shomakhmadov

Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

E-mail: safaralihshom@mail.ru

The Tangut Dhāraṇīs Collection in Siddhaṃ Script from the IOM RAS. Part III

Abstract. The article completes the introduction into scientific circulation of two Tangut xylographs, containing Dharanis Collections, from the manuscript collection of the IOM RAS. The Dharani text (SI 6564) is a reverse reconstruction of the “Sanskrit original” from the Chinese phonetic transcription. This publication contains the xylograph facsimile and the text transliteration. The discrepancy between the text of the Tangut xylograph SI 6564 and the well-known Sanskrit texts, as well as the Chinese versions of the spells contained in the Chinese Buddhist canon, is indicated.

Keywords: Buddhism, Siddham Script, phonetic transcription, dharani, Xi Xia

DOI: 10.31250/1238-5018-2022-28-2-3-10

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Received by the Editorial Board: 23.12.2021