avadaana translation

Allen W Thrasher athr at LOC.GOV
Mon Nov 1 15:50:05 UTC 1999


Mark Froelich asks about Avadanasataka translations into English.  There are these:

LC Control Number:       45052874 

Type of Material:        Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Corporate Name:          Avad*ana´sataka. [from old catalog]

Main Title:              Avad*anaçataka, a century of edifying tales belonging to the
                            H*inay*ana. 

Published/Created:       St. Pétersbourg, Commissionnaires de l'Académie impériale
                            des sciences: J. Glasounof et C. Ricker; [etc., etc.] 1906-09.

Related Names:           Speyer, Jacob Samuel, 1849-1913. [from old catalog]
                         Avad*anas. [from old catalog]

Related Titles:          Akademiia nauk SSSR. [from old catalog]

Description:             2 v. pl. (facsims.) 25 cm.

LC Classification:       BL1415 .B5 vol. 3

CALL NUMBER:             BL1415 .B5 vol. 3
                         Copy 1

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LC Control Number:       91212911 

Type of Material:        Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Uniform Title:           Tripitaka. S*utrapitaka. Avad*ana. Anad*ana´sataka.

Main Title:              Avad*anaçataka : a century of edifying tales belonging to the
                            H*inay*ana / edited by J.S. Speyer.

Published/Created:       Osnabrück : Biblio Verlag, 1970.

Related Names:           Speyer, J. S. (Jacob Samuel), 1849-1913.

Description:             2 v. ; 24 cm.

Notes:                   In Sanskrit; intruduction and notes in English.
                         Neudruck der ausgabe 1902-1906".
                         Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Series:                  Bibliotheca Buddhica ; 3

LC Classification:       BQ1550 .S64 1970

CALL NUMBER:             BQ1550 .S64 1970 Sans
                         Copy 1

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LC Control Number:       89216596 

Type of Material:        Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name:           Ksemendra, 11th cent.

Main Title:              Five Tibetan legends : from the Avad*ana Kalpalat*a /
                            [Ksemendra ; translated and annotated by F.A. Peter].

Uniform Title:           [Avad*anakalpalat*a. English & Tibetan. Selections]

Published/Created:       Rikon/Zürich, Switzerland : Tibet-Institut, 1989.

Related Names:           Peter, F. A. (Friedrich A.), 1904-1988.

Related Titles:          Five Tibetan legends from the Avad*ana Kalpalat*a.

Description:             56 p. ; 25 cm.

ISBN:                    3720600181 (pbk.)

Notes:                   English and Tibetan.

Subjects:                Gautama Buddha--Pre-existence.
                         Gautama Buddha--Legends.
                         Legends, Buddhist--China--Tibet.

Series:                  Opuscula Tibetana ; fasc. 20.

Variant Series:          Opuscula Tibetana : Arbeiten aus dem Tibet-Institut
                            Rikon-Zürich ; fasc. 20 (Feb. 1989)

LC Classification:       BQ930 .K7613 1989

Language Code:           engtib tibsan

Other System No.:        (OCoLC)24864300

Geog. Area Code:         a-cc-ti

Quality Code:            lccopycat

CALL NUMBER:             BQ930 .K7613 1989
                         Copy 1

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LC Control Number:       97906897 

Type of Material:        Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name:           Chattopadhyay, Jayanti.

Main Title:              Bodhisattva avad*anakalpalat*a : a critical study / Jayanti
                            Chattopadhyay.

Published/Created:       Calcutta : Atisha Memorial Pub. Society : To be had of, Sanskrit
                            Pustak Bhandar, 1994.

Description:             xii, 344 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary:                 Study on the Avad*anakalpalat*a by Ksemendra, 11th cent.,
                            work on pre-exitence of Gautama Buddha.

Notes:                   Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of
                            Calcutta) under the title: A critical study of the
                            Bodhisattvavadana-kalpalata.
                         Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-336) and index.
                         Includes passages in Sanskrit (in roman).

Subjects:                Ksemendra, 11th cent.  Avad*anakalpalat*a. 
                         Gautama Buddha--Pre-existence.

LC Classification:       BQ930 .C43 1994

Language Code:           engsan

Overseas Acq. No.:       I-E-97-906897; 11

Quality Code:            lcode

CALL NUMBER:             BQ930 .C43 1994
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LC Control Number:       73210177 

Type of Material:        Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name:           Roy, Sita Ram.

Main Title:              Suvarnavarn*avad*ana; decipherment and historical study of a
                            palm-leaf Sanskrit manuscript, an unknown Mah*ay*ana
                            (avad*ana) text from Tibet.

Published/Created:       Patna, K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute [1971]

Description:             xv, 356 p. illus. 25 cm.

Notes:                   Reconstructed text (p. [218-318) is in Devanagari script.
                         A revision of the author's thesis, Patna University, 1965.
                         Bibliography: p. [319]-333.

Subjects:                Suvarnavarn*avad*ana--Criticism, Textual.

Series:                  Historical researches series ; v. 7.

Variant Series:          Historical research series, v. 7

LC Classification:       BQ1600.S967 R68 1971

Dewey Class No.:         294.3/823

CALL NUMBER:             BQ1600.S967 R68 1971
                         Copy 1

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Allen Thrasher
Library of Congress





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