X2010:1.14 Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 6, chapter 18, "The Benefit of Joyful Acceptance"

Item

Title

X2010:1.14
Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 6, chapter 18, "The Benefit of Joyful Acceptance"

Culture

Japanese or Chinese

Style/period

Nara (710–794) or Tang Dynasty, China (618-907)

Material

Sutra fragment; ink on paper

Measurements

25.7 x 3.5 cm

Identifier

X2010-1-14_20120702_111554_hr

Item Locator

X2010:1.14

Description

Border Height (界高): 19.8 Ruled line width (罫幅): 1.8 estimate (line only visible on one side)
5 lines, 17 ch. per line
Dunhuang sutra; Beginning of Tang period; Lotus Sutra (Tonkōkyō; Tō jidai shoki; Hokekyō; 敦煌経/唐時代初期/法華経)

Source

妙法蓮華經; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra; Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma, fascicle 6, chapter 18, "The Benefit of Joyful Acceptance"; T09n0262_06_0047a
[0047a02] 「又,阿逸多!若人為是 經故,往詣僧坊,若坐、若立須臾聽受,緣是功德,轉身所生,得好上妙象、馬車乘、珍寶輦輿,及乘天宮。若復有人於講法處坐,更有人來,勸令坐聽,若分座令坐,是人功德,轉身得帝釋坐處,若梵王坐處,若轉輪聖王所坐之處。
Frederick Starr Collection

Spatial Coverage

Japan or China

Language

Chinese

Repository

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Institution

University of Oregon

Type

Image

Format

image/jpeg

Rights

In Copyright

Rights Holder

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

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