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CONTENTS: Authenticity and Authentication
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Preface
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5
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Technical Note
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7
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Part One:
On Strategies for Authenticating Scriptures and Treatises: The Tibetan Buddhist Case
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9
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1
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Introductory Remarks
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11
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2
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Criteria of Authentication and Canonization within the Tibetic Cultural sphere
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16
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2.1
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Provenance
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19
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2.1.1
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The Existence of a Sanskrit Manuscript
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19
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2.1.2
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The Existence of a Sanskrit Title
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21
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2.1.3
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The Existence of an Author/Authorship Colophon
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28
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2.1.4
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The Existence of a Translator/Translation Colophon
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29
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2.1.5
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Reliance on Written Authority
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33
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2.1.6
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Reliance on Oral Authority
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43
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2.1.7
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Syntax and Vocabulary
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48
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2.2
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Verifiably Valid Traditions
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59
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2.3
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Authentication Based on Content
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61
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2.3.1
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Authentication Based on Soteriological Benefit
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61
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2.3.2
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Authentication Based on the Quality of Translation
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68
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2.4
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Authentication Based on the Scripture's Structure
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70
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Polemical and Apologetic Strategies
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3.1
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The
Argumentum ad Hominem
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75
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3.2
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The Ridicule Argumentative Device
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75
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3.3
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The Historical-Philological Approach
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80
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3.4
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The "Other Religions" Argument
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3.5
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Self-Critique
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3.6
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The Development of Complex, Multifaceted Narratives regarding the Appearance of Scriptures
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When Polemics End
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4.1
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Beyond Discourse: Banning, Censorship, and Destruction
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4.2
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The Non-Sectarian Approach: Inclusivism or Harmonization/Reconciliation
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Concluding Remarks
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Appendix
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| Part Two: What's in a Name? Once Again on the Authenticity of Tibetan Canonical Colophons |
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Introductory Remarks |
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Canonical and Paracanonical Colophons: Some General Observations |
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Author/Authorship Colophons |
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Translator/Translatorship Colophons |
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Case Studies |
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5.1 |
An Overview of the Traditional Catalogues Consulted |
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5.2 |
The Colophons of the Prajnaparamitastotra aka Nirvikalpastava in Tibetan Translation |
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5.2.1 |
Extant Versions and Their Colophons |
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5.2.2 |
Further Bibliographical Evidence |
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5.2.3 |
Examination of Selected Verses |
134 |
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5.2.4 |
Assessment of the Evidence |
153 |
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5.3 |
The Colophons of the Prasadapratibhodhava aka Satapancasakastotra in Tibetan Translation |
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5.3.1 |
Extant Versions and Their Colophons |
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5.3.2 |
Further Bibliographical Evidence |
165 |
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5.3.3 |
Examination of Selected Verses |
169 |
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5.3.4 |
Assessment of the Evidence |
174 |
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5.4 |
The Colophons of the Buddhaksepanasutra in Tibetan Translation |
178 |
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5.4.1 |
Extant Versions and Their Colophons
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178 |
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5.4.2 |
Further Bibliographical Evidence
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5.4.3 |
Assessment of the Evidence
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181 |
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5.5 |
The Colophons of the Guhyasamajatantra in Tibetan Translation |
182 |
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5.5.1 |
Extant Versions and Their Colophons
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182 |
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Further Bibliographical Evidence
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Assessment of the Evidence
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Concluding Remarks |
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| Abbreviations & Bibliography |
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Sigla: Tibetan Canonical and Paracanonical Collections & Their Catalogues |
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Tibetan Sources |
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Indic Sources |
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Sources in Western Languages |
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Digital Sources |
252 |
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| Index |
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