The Āṭānāṭīya- and the Āṭānāṭikasūtra – Sūtra for Protecting Monks and Nuns in Wilderness

The Sanskrit text in the Dīrghāgama manuscript from Gilgit and a re-edition from fragments found on the Northern Silk Route

Lore Sander (ed)

Pages: x + 142 p.
Size:210 x 297 mm
Illustrations:8 col.

Language(s):English, Sanskrit
Publication Year:2026

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The Sanskrit text in the Dīrghāgama manuscript from Gilgit and a re-edition from fragments found on the Northern Silk Route

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BIO

Lore Sander was Curator of the Turfan collection at the Museum of Indian Art, Berlin, from 1987 until her recent retirement; from 1994 she was also lecturer for Indian paleography and epigraphy in the Free University of Berlin.

Summary

The Āṭānāṭīyasūtra is part of the only Sanskrit manuscript known so far containing the complete Dīrghāgama, however fragmentary in parts. The Āṭānāṭīya is sūtra 237 in the sequence of sūtras. It belongs to the Yuganipāta, the “Twin Section”, consisting of pairs of sūtras. Unlike the nearly complete Sanskrit text preserved from the Āṭānāṭīyasūtra from Gilgit only remnants of this sūtra have been found at several sacred places along the northern trade route round the Taklamakan desert.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

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I Introduction
The Manuscripts
Comparison of the two Sanskrit versions
Peculiarities of the language by Siglinde Dietz
Comparison with the Tibetan translation by Siglinde Dietz
Metrical parts by Siglinde Dietz

II Transcription
Transcription of the folios in the Dīrghāgama manuscript
Transcription of the manuscripts from the Northern Silk Route

III Text edition
Introduction
The four heavenly kings
Description of their realms
Protection against the hostile demons
Repetition of Vaiśravaṇa’s word by the Buddha

IV Appendix
Manuscripts used
List of Mantras
Synopsis of text preserved from ĀṭānSū-Skt(NSR)

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