简介:<正>Abhayakaragupta(ca.11-12thcentury)wasanoutstandingIndianpanditawhosethoughtstronglyimpactedTibetanBuddhism.Heiswidelyknownfromanumberofhiscompositions.Amongthetwenty-oneworksattributedtohimbytheDergeTanjur,nineteenareallocatedtotheTantrasection,onetothePrajfiaparamitasection,andtwototheMadhyamakasection.Ofthese,theMunimatalarfikara,intheMadhyamakasection,isoneofhismostimportant.TheMunimatalarfikaraissometimesregardedbyTibetanBuddhists,e.g.,Tsong
简介:ThetabletunderdiscussionwasdiscoveredatUrandwaspublishedinUET6/ⅡasNo.398.ThetabletconsistsofafragmentofthemiddleportionofalateBabyloniantext,andpreservestheendportionofamythinwhichtheprincipleactorsarethegodsMardukandUras,andtoalesserextent,thegodEnlil.Thetextisinpoeticformwiththelinesfallingintocouplets,inwhichthesecondlineofeachcoupletusuallyformsaparallel,orasupplementtothefirstone.Thetext,hasbeenbrieflyoutlinedbyC.J.GaddinUET6/Ⅱ,buthasnotbeenotherwisepublishedtotheauthor'sknowledge,exceptforbriefcomments.
简介:Morschauser(1988)hasargued,inthiswriter'sviewconvincingly,thatsdf3-trytisnottobeunderstoodasanoathofallegiance,fealtyorloyalty(ase.g.CDME,pp.259,300),butas"expungingofsin"(wewouldsuggest"ofguilt"),i.e."pardon."AccordingtoMorschauser'sproposal,sdf3inthatexpressionhasnothingtodowithfoodorprovisioning,butmeans"cause(something)tobepurified,wipedaway,"fromtherootdf3"purify,wipeaway."WewouldsuggestthatthisrootisatleastalikelycandidateasacounterpartofSemitickpr,whichisusedwithsimilarandcompatiblemeanings,frequentlyincontextspertainingto