The 'one night-and-day observance' of lay-followers in Tocharian Buddhism.

Georges-Jean Pinault (1)

1 Mondes Iranien et Indien - UMR 7528

Revision of the reading of a passage of a Tocharian B text kept at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen, PK DA M. 507(42-40), verso, lines 1-6. This text contains formulas of the ritual of entry in the Buddhist community of a lay-follower. It refers to the observance of fasting together with eight prescriptions during one day and one night. The paper discusses in detail the relevant phrases, as well as Tocharian B forms which have been newly identified.

Mots clés: Tocharian Buddhism; Tocharian literature; Tocharian manuscripts; Tocharian etymology; Tocharian language; Buddhist Sanskrit texts; Buddhist ritual

Domaines: Linguistique; Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Religions

Georges-Jean Pinault. The 'one night-and-day observance' of lay-followers in Tocharian Buddhism.. Tocharian and Indo-European Studies , 2014, 15 (2014), pp.187-215. ⟨halshs-01447334⟩