The Copper Plates of Helagupta: A New Edition and Study
The article presents a new edition, translation, and interpretation of the inscription, which was previously published by H. Falk in 2014, of the otherwise unknown Buddhist patron Helagupta (helaüta). The inscription, datable to the latter half of the first century CE, is recorded on five copper pla...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2020]
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Indo-Iranian journal
Jahr: 2020, Band: 63, Heft: 1, Seiten: 3-69 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Gāndhārī
/ Inschrift
/ Buddhismus
/ Ahnenkult
/ Geschichte 0-100
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| RelBib Classification: | BL Buddhismus KBM Asien TC Vorchristliche Zeit ; Alter Orient |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
brahma merit
B Helagupta B Inscriptions B Kharoṣṭhī B Gāndhārī B śrāddha |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The article presents a new edition, translation, and interpretation of the inscription, which was previously published by H. Falk in 2014, of the otherwise unknown Buddhist patron Helagupta (helaüta). The inscription, datable to the latter half of the first century CE, is recorded on five copper plates and is the second longest one known in Kharoṣṭhī script/Gāndhārī language. This edition proposes several new readings and interpretations as well as discussing its cultural implications for issues such as the performance of ancestral rituals by Buddhists, and Buddhological ramifications such as the concept of “brahma merit” (Gāndhārī bramo puṇyo) and the contemporary understanding of variant forms of titles of the Buddha. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8536 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Indo-Iranian journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06301006 |