Qing Duan. « The Maitrī-bhāvanā-prakaraṇa: a Chinese parallel to the third chapter of the Book of Zambasta », in : Maria Macuch, Mauro Maggi & Werner Sundermann, eds., Iranian languages and texts from Iran and Turan: Ronald E. Emmerick memorial volume. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007, pp. 39-58. (IRANICA, 13)
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1D.Q. identifies the Maitrī-bhāvanā-prakaraṇa of the Chinese Buddhist canon (no. 306 in the Taishō ed.) as a parallel to chap. 3 of the Book of Zambasta. She provides a complete comparison of the Chinese and Khotanese texts and suggests some reinterpretations (verses 14-15, 33, 53, 73, 141, 144). According to her the Khotanese and Chinese versions are based on different recensions of the text, whose Indian original is lost.
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Mauro Maggi, “Qing Duan. « The Maitrī-bhāvanā-prakaraṇa: a Chinese parallel to the third chapter of the Book of Zambasta », in : Maria Macuch, Mauro Maggi & Werner Sundermann, eds., Iranian languages and texts from Iran and Turan: Ronald E. Emmerick memorial volume. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007, pp. 39-58. (IRANICA, 13)”, Abstracta Iranica [Online], Volume 30 | 2010, document 14, Online since 08 April 2010, connection on 17 December 2025. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/37545; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/abstractairanica.37545
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