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

这个子项目将重点关注藏传佛教林玛派的“古密宗集”，即所谓的“藏传佛教林玛派的古密宗集”。目的是研究在不同版本的集合中表现出的差异，包括它们的长度，其中包含的单个作品的数量和身份，以及它们的安排。这将在两个层面上完成：(a)通过创建一个包括对个别作品的比较的一致性来比较各种集合：记录它们的标题和编号的变化，以及它们的大小、内容和在集合总体安排中的位置的差异；(b)调查集合形成的理论、社会、经济、政治和文化方面；各种版本的制作；以及分配给集合的各种角色和功能。此外，还将探讨木版印刷术对后来的收藏传播的影响以及这种媒介变化的其他可能后果。

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.