Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that a new issue of the Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the academic year 2014 (= ARIRIAB), Volume XVIII, the third volume (two parts) of “The British Library Sanskrit Fragments” (= BLSF) and the first volume of “The St. Petersburg Sanskrit Fragments” (= StPSF) are now published.

PDF files are here:

ARIRIAB XVIII (2015): http://iriab.soka.ac.jp/orc/Publications/ARIRIAB/index_ARIRIAB.html

BLSF III.1 & 2:  http://iriab.soka.ac.jp/orc/Publications/BLSF/index_BLSF.html

Table of Contents is as follows:

ARIRIAB XVIII (2015): Table of Contents

• Oskar VON HINÜBER: An Inscribed Avalokiteśvara from the Hemis Monastery, Ladakh [7 figures]......3–9
• Matthew D. MILLIGAN: Five Unnoticed Donative Inscriptions and the Relative Chronology of Sanchi Stūpa II for the Evaluation of Buddhist Historical Traditions [5 figures]......11–22 
• Harry FALK: A new Gāndhārī Dharmapada (Texts from the Split Collection 3) [3 figures]......23–62
• Peter SKILLING: The Circulation of Artefacts Engraved with ‘Apramāda’ and Other Mottos in Southeast Asia and India: A Preliminary Report [24 figures]......63–77
• ANĀLAYO: The Brahmajāla and the Early Buddhist Oral Tradition (2)......79–94
• WU Juan: Comparing Buddhist and Jaina Attitudes towards Warfare: Some Notes on Stories of King Ajātaśatru’s/Kūṇika’s War against the Vṛjis and Related Material......95–112
• Seishi KARASHIMA: Who Composed the Mahāyāna Scriptures? ––– The Mahāsāṃghikas and Vaitulya Scriptures......113–162
• Seishi KARASHIMA: Vehicle (yāna) and Wisdom (jñāna) in the Lotus Sutra ––– the Origin of the Notion of yāna in Mahāyāna Buddhism......163–196
• Noriyuki KUDO: Gilgit Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra Manuscript in the British Library, Or.11878B–G [14 figures]......197–213
• Oskar VON HINÜBER: Three Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra Manuscripts from Khotan and Their Donors [6 figures]......215–234
• LI Can: A Preliminary Report on Some New Sources of the Bhadrakalpika-sūtra (1) [3 figures]......235–251
• Noriyuki KUDO: Newly Identified Manuscripts in the Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts: Avadānas and Dhāraṇīs...... 253–262
• Takako HASHIMOTO: Siddham Script in the University of Tokyo Manuscript of the Chinese Version of the Ārya-mahā-māyūrī Vidyā-rājñī......263–273
• LI Xuezhu: Diplomatic Transcription of the Sanskrit Manuscript of the Abhidharmasamuccayavyākhyā –– Folios 2v4–8v4 ––......275–283
• Akira YUYAMA: Printing, Designing and Binding Books in Buddhist Asia: A Reattempt to Seek for the Place Where and the Date When The Prajñā-pāramitā-ratna-guṇa-saṃcaya-gāthā in Blockprint Recovered in the Turfan Area Was Produced......285–310
• Haiyan HU-VON  HINÜBER: Faxian’s Worship of Guanshiyin and the Lotus Sūtra of 286......311–319
• Hiroshi KANNO: Fayun’s View of the Lotus Sūtra......321–336
• Tatsushi TAMAI: The Tocharian Karmavibhaṅga......337–381
• Isao KURITA: Gandhāran Art (Part 3) [42 figures]......383–387
• #Akira YUYAMA: Miscellanea Philologica Buddhica: Marginal Anecdotage (VII) Introducing Some Recent Publications......389–410 (# paper written in Japanese)
• 36 Plates (some are not available in this PDF for copyright reasons)

BLSF III.1 (2015): Table of Contents

• Klaus WILLE: The Additional Sanskrit Fragments of Or.15003 in the Hoernle Collection......1–12
• Klaus WILLE: The Sanskrit Fragments Or.15007 in the Hoernle Collection......13–198
• Klaus WILLE: The Sanskrit Fragments Or.15008 in the Hoernle Collection......199–230
• The Sanskrit Fragments Or.15009 in the Hoernle Collection (II)......231–484
  • Noriyuki KUDO: Or.15009/351–400......233–272
  • Jiro HIRABAYASHI: Or.15009/401–450......273–313
  • Noriyuki KUDO: Or.15009/451–500......315–346
  • Jundo NAGASHIMA: Or.15009/501–600......347–417
  • Noriyuki KUDO & Masanori SHONO: Or.15009/601–678......419–474
• Klaus WILLE: The Sanskrit Fragments Or.15015 in the Hoernle Collection......485–551
• Sam VAN SCHAIK: A Palm Leaf Manuscript from Miran: Or.8212/60......553–557
• Tatsushi TAMAI: The Tocharian Fragments in Or.15003, 15007, 15008, 15009 and 15015 in the Hoernle Collection......559–586
• 18 Plates 

BLSF III.2 (2015): Table of Contents

• Chanwit TUDKEAO: Three Fragments of the Ratnaketuparivarta......587–591
• Kenta SUZUKI & Jundo NAGASHIMA: The Dunhuang Manuscript of the Larger Prajñāpāramitā......593–821
• Paul HARRISON: The British Library Vajracchedikā Manuscript: IOL San 383–387, 419–427......823–865
• Seishi KARASHIMA: POSTSCRIPT......867–870
• 15 Plates

The first volume of “The St. Petersburg Sanskrit Fragments” (PDF file) will be available soon.

Previous issues of ARIRIAB, BPPB and BLSF can be found here: 

http://iriab.soka.ac.jp/orc/Publications/ARIRIAB/index_ARIRIAB.html

http://iriab.soka.ac.jp/orc/Publications/BPPB/index_BPPB.html

http://iriab.soka.ac.jp/orc/Publications/BLSF/index_BLSF.html

For further information, please contact: iriab@soka.ac.jp

Noriyuki KUDO

Seishi KARASHIMA

IRIAB, Soka University, Tokyo