Articles on Buddhist Text Translations
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
By J. C. Sarkhel · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1943
This feature lists noteworthy articles from contemporary Oriental journals, providing abstracts that highlight recent advances in Asian studies. It begins with the Journal of the Greater India Society, summarising P. C. Bagchi’s discussion of a Chinese Sūtra…
A Proposal for the Compilation of a Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary
By Walter Liebenthal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1936
The proposal advocates for compiling a comprehensive Chinese-Sanskrit dictionary to address gaps in understanding Buddhist and philosophical terminology. It highlights that many Sanskrit originals are lost, surviving only in Chinese and Tibetan translations,…
Kuchean or Western Arsi
By P. C. Bagchi · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1934
Kuchean, or Western Arsi, is an extinct Indo-European language once spoken in the Kucha and Karashar regions of northern Central Asia. Rediscovered in the early 20th century through manuscripts collected by French, British, Russian, and German archaeological…
Indian Literature Abroad
By Prabhat Kumar Mukherji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
Indian Literature Abroad details the transmission of Indian Buddhist texts to China from the 10th to 13th centuries. Danapala, a *shramana* of Udyana, arrived in China in 980 A.D. with Dharmadeva and Tien-si-tsai, receiving imperial titles and translating 111…
Indian Literature Abroad (In China) II
By Prabhat Kumar Mukherji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926
Mukherji continues his survey of the transmission of Indian literature to China. The article catalogues Buddhist sutras, treatises on logic, medicine and mathematics that were translated by Chinese monks like Xuanzang and Kumārajīva. Mukherji discusses how…
Indian Literature Abroad (In China) II
By Prabhat Kumar Mukherji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925
Prabhāt Kumar Mukherji continues his survey of how Indian literature was received in China. Focusing on translations of Buddhist and secular texts during the Tang and Song dynasties, the article lists works known to have been rendered into Chinese and names…