Three Sanskrit texts on caitya worship
Subtitle: in relation to the ahorātravrata : an edition and synopses in English (with an introduction)
By: by Ratna Handurukande
Series: Studia philologica Buddhica. Monograph series -- 16
Publisher: IIBS
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Tokyo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Caityas; Early works to 1800; Ahorātravrata (Buddhist rite); Buddhism; Rituals
Other titles: 3 Sanskrit texts on caitya worship; Ahorātravratacaityasevānuśaṃsāvadāna. English & Sanskrit.; Ahorātravratakathā. English & Sanskrit.; Ahorātravratakathā (prose version). English & Sanskrit.
Description: Three Sanskrit texts, 1. the Ahorātravratacaityasevānuśaṃsāvadāna, in verse, based on five manuscripts kept in Calcutta, Tokyo, London and Berlin; 2. the Ahorātravratakathā, a metrical text, based on five manuscripts kept in Tokyo and Berlin; and 3. a prose version of the Ahorātravratakathā based on a single manuscript kept in Tokyo, with synopses and prefatory material in English.
Notes: Includes the texts and translations of the Ahorātravratacaityasevānuśaṃsāvadāna, the Ahorātravratakathā, and the Ahorātravratakathā (prose version).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-131).

In English and Sanskrit (romanized); includes translation from Sanskrit.