Source: Silk 2025

Jonathan A. Silk, "Assembled in China: A Study of the Shi'er toutuo jing 十二頭陀經," in Ratnakūṭa Studies, Volume I, edited by Rafal Felbur, 122–197; Radich Appendix, 190–195. Leiden: Brill, 2025.

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Texts: T0783; 佛說十二頭陀經 Dates: 5th century	Silk argues that the Shi'er toutuo jing 十二頭陀經 T783 was "assembled in China", "largely from parts that at least its compilers believed to be of genuine Indian origin" (123). In a short Appendix, Radich argues that internal phraseological evidence, including particular Chinese renderings of formulae, make it most likely that the text was compiled in its present form in the fifth century. Edit		Silk argues that the Shi'er toutuo jing 十二頭陀經 T783 was "assembled in China", "largely from parts that at least its compilers believed to be of genuine Indian origin" (123). In a short Appendix, Radich argues that internal phraseological evidence, including particular Chinese renderings of formulae, make it most likely that the text was compiled in its present form in the fifth century. T0783; 佛說十二頭陀經

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Texts: T0783; 佛說十二頭陀經
Dates: 5th century

Silk argues that the Shi'er toutuo jing 十二頭陀經 T783 was "assembled in China", "largely from parts that at least its compilers believed to be of genuine Indian origin" (123). In a short Appendix, Radich argues that internal phraseological evidence, including particular Chinese renderings of formulae, make it most likely that the text was compiled in its present form in the fifth century.

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