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. 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.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2020
توصيف ظاهري
3-69
عنوان
Indo-Iranian Journal
شماره جلد
63/1
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1572-8536
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
brahma merit
اصطلاح موضوعی
Gāndhārī
اصطلاح موضوعی
Helagupta
اصطلاح موضوعی
inscriptions
اصطلاح موضوعی
Kharoṣṭhī
اصطلاح موضوعی
śrāddha
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )