This volume discusses the Bhaiksuki manuscript of the "Candralamkara" ( Ornament of the Moon ), a commentary of the twelfth century based on the "Candravyakarana," Candragomin s seminal Buddhist grammar of Sanskrit (fifth century). The discovery of the Bhaiksuki script and of all available written sources are described. The detailed study of this "codex unicus" of the "Candralamkara" is accompanied by a facsimile edition and extensive tables of the script, a long-felt desideratum in the field of palaeography. The Buddhist author of the commentary has been identified for the first time,...
This volume discusses the Bhaiksuki manuscript of the "Candralamkara" ( Ornament of the Moon ), a commentary of the twelfth century based on the "...
