Perfect Awakening: An Edition and Translation of the Prāsādika and Prasādanīya Sūtras, by Charles DiSimone

Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

The book contains a critical edition of the pertinent manuscript section, notes, parallels, and an English translation.

“The book includes a critical edition of the relevant portion of the manuscript, along with notes, parallels, and an English translation.”

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The sūtra contents treat awakening only briefly, at the beginning of the Prasādanīya-sūtra.

“Very little, for even the sūtra contents only cover this topic briefly, at the start of the Prasādanīya-sūtra.”

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A further short chapter examines other transmissions of the sūtra texts, mainly through lengthy concordance tables.

“A further short chapter explores other transmissions of the sūtra texts, largely through lengthy concordance tables.”

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According to the Preface, the volume and series aim to move beyond the narrow group that has mostly studied the Dīrghāgama manuscript in German doctoral work.

“But this is not the objective of the volume and series, which, as stated in the Preface, seek to expand beyond the very small audience who have been largely reading and writing about the Dīrghāgama manuscript in German doctoral dissertations.”

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The third part arranges several versions of the text sequentially, section by section.

“This third part of the volume, with multiple versions of the text presented section by section in sequence, is a little challenging to navigate”

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The volume discusses the two sūtras and their shared structural features, themes, and titles, which point to an interest in confidence or serene faith (prasāda).

“Next follows a discussion of these two sūtras in particular, and how they relate to one another through common structural features, themes, and even their titles, which betray an interest in confidence or serene faith (prasāda).”

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The three-volume series that includes this book seeks to make the Dīrghāgama text more widely available.

“The three-volume series to which this volume belongs aims to widen the availability of the Dīrghāgama text, and this volume offers an authoritative account of these two sūtras within it.”

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The volume is organized into three sections: an introduction, a transliteration, and a reconstruction that includes translation and parallels.

“The volume is divided into three parts: an introduction, a transliteration of the manuscript, and a reconstruction with translation and parallels.”

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The translation mixes passages in Sanskrit, Pāli, and Chinese, preventing continuous reading in a single language.

“The translation is interspersed with passages in Sanskrit, Pāli and Chinese, so no continuous reading of the text in one language is possible.”

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The volume begins with the manuscript's history, then a chapter on palaeographical and codicological features, with illustrations of different scribal hands.

“The volume opens with a discussion of the history of the manuscript, followed by a chapter on its palaeographical and codicological features, including a number of illustrations of different scribal hands.”

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The volume presumes that readers have substantial prior knowledge of philological methods and of Buddhist textual structure and contents.

“A lot of prior knowledge of the methods of philology, and of details in the structure and contents of Buddhist texts, is assumed of the reader.”

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The volume's overall title is Perfect Awakening.

“The overall title of the volume -Perfect Awakening -is perhaps ill-chosen, since it belies the very technical contents.”

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The Preface says that a later volume in the series will provide an English translation of the whole Dīrghāgama.

“However, the Preface indicates that a later volume in the series is due to present an English translation of the Dīrghāgama as a whole, which will be very welcome.”

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The volume's subtitle is An Edition and Translation of the Prāsādika and Prasādanīya Sūtras.

“Readers should note the subtitle -An Edition and Translation of the Prāsādika and Prasādanīya Sūtras -for then it can be said that the volume fulfils its promise.”

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The volume is the first in a planned series.

“The first in a planned series, this volume presents a Sanskrit witness of two related sūtras from the Dīrghāgama (DĀ), or”