Количества и виды текстов:
53 mainstream canonical texts:
- 38 prose sūtras
- 6 verse texts (Dharmapada, Anavataptagāthā, Khaḍgaviṣāṇagāthā)
- 5 episodes from the Buddha’s life
- 4 vinaya texts (Prātimokṣasūtra, Karmavācanā)
4 commentaries (Saṅgītisūtra commentary, verse commentaries)
13 scholastic texts
1 text on past and future buddhas
4 Mahāyāna sūtras (Prajñāpāramitā, Bhadrakalpikāsūtra, Akṣobhya sūtra)
4 stotras and other verse compositions
2 avadāna collections
2 magical text
1 set of arapacana verses
1 rājanīti text (in Sanskrit)
1 business letter
2 index scrolls (in Senior collection)
Всего: 88
Собрания (Collection)
Deposit// Provenience and date// Contents
British Library// unknown, ca. 1st c. CE// 28 birch‐bark scrolls by 21 scribes
Bajaur Collection// Dir, Pakistan, ca. 1st c. CE// 18 birch‐bark scrolls by 18 scribes
Library of Congress// unknown, ca. 1st c. CE// one birch‐bark scroll by two scribes
‘Split’ Collection// unknown, ca. 1st c. CE// five birch‐bark scrolls by five scribes
Senior Collection// unknown, 2nd c. CE// 24 birch‐bark scrolls by one scribe
Khotan Dharmapada// Kohmari Mazar, Xinjiang, ca. 2nd c. CE// one birch‐bark scroll by one scribe
University of Washington Libraries// unknown, ca. 2nd c. CE// one birch‐bark scroll by one scribe
Bamiyan fragments// Bamiyan, Afghanistan,2nd – 4th c. CE// ca. 275 palm‐leaffragments by ca. 50scribes
Pelliot and Oldenburg fragments// Northern Silk Road, Xinjiang, 2nd – 4th c. CE// nine palm‐leaf fragments by four or more scribes
P.S. Из последних исследований: Strauch Ingo "Bajaur mahayana sutra". У этой сутре нет аналогов на других языках. Посвящена Акшобье и его чистым землям.