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Artiom Mesheznikov

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

E-mail: mesheznikoff@yandex.ru

Safarali Shomakhmadov

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

E-mail: safaralihshom@mail.ru

The Sanskrit Fragment of the Buddhanama-Sutra (SI 3446) of the Serindia Collection at the IOM RAS

Abstract. The article comprises an analysis of the Sanskrit manuscript fragment of the Buddhanama-sutra (SI 3446) of the Serindia Collection at the IOM RAS. The fragment is of special interest, since it contains the names of the Buddhas, and dharanis belonging to each name, as well as a narration explaining what benefits the one who utters these dharanis gets. The authors present an analysis of the dharanis according to the Slavic spells study.

Keywords: Buddhas names, manuscripts, Sanskrit, dharani, Serindia

DOI: 10.31250/1238-5018-2024-30-1-25-31

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Received by the Editorial Board: 31.12.2023