Buryat edition of selected songs of Milarepa (1040–1123)
Abstract
Milarepa, a mediator and poet, is regarded as a great saint in Tibet, Mongolia and Buryatia. The themes, associated with his biography, have had a profound effect on the development of Tibetan Buddhism. The “standard” version of his biography was compiled by famous Tibetan scholar Tsang Nyon Heruka (tib. Gtsang smyon he ru ka /1452–1507), who presented it in two texts- the life story (tib. rnam thar) and “Collection of songs” (tib. mgur ‘bum). The texts describing deeds and songs of Tibetan yogin were widely spread in Mongolia and Buryatia and had an impact on development of Mongolian medieval literature, especially hagiography and poetry. Several copies of Buryat xylograph “Collection of Stories from the Cycles of Songs of the Reverend Saint Milarepa” are kept in the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The text, containing eight rare stories about the renowned Tibetan yogin, was compiled on the base of two Tibetan texts: “Six vajra songs of Reverend Milarepa and some oral traditions” by Lhatsun Rinchen Namgyal (tib. Lha btsun rin chen rnam rgyal /1473–1557/) and Tsang Nyon Heruka’s “Gurbum”. However the Buryat text appears to be a written variant of oral tradition of Tibetan stories rather than a translation from Tibetan.
Keywords:
Gurbum, Buryat edition, Milarepa
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2018-10-07
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Туранская, А. А. (2018). Buryat edition of selected songs of Milarepa (1040–1123). Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, (1), 88–92. Retrieved from https://aasjournal.spbu.ru/article/view/2219
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