The Manuscript Collections of the Ancient Tantras: An Examination of Variance

这一子项目将侧重于藏传佛教宁玛学派的准正典藏品，即藏传佛教宁玛流派的《古代密宗藏书》。目的是研究不同版本的藏书在长度、其中包含的个别作品的数量和特征以及它们的排列方面所表现出的差异。这将在两个层面上进行：(A)通过建立协调一致的方法来比较不同的收藏品，其中将包括对个别作品的比较：记录它们的标题和分音符的差异，以及它们在收藏品总体安排中的大小、内容和位置的差异，(B)调查收藏品形成的理论、社会、经济、政治和文化方面的问题；不同版本的制作；以及赋予收藏品的各种角色和功能。此外，还将研究木版印刷术对后来的收藏品传播的影响，以及这种媒介变化可能产生的其他后果。

This sub-project will focus on the para-canonical collection known as the rNying ma rgyud 'bum or the "Collection of the Ancient Tantras" of the rNying-ma school of Tibetan Buddhism. The objective is to study the variance exhibited in the various versions of the collection with regard to their length, the number and identity of the individual works contained in them, and their arrangement. This will be done on two levels: (a) Comparing the various collections by creating a concordance which will include a comparison of the individual works: recording variations in their titles and colophons, and differences in their size, content, and placement within the overall arrangement of the collection, (b) Investigating the doctrinal, social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of the formation of the collection; the production of the various versions; and the various roles and functions assignable to the collection. Moreover, the influence of the Xylographie edition on the later transmission of the collection and other possible consequences of this change of medium will be examined.