Names

British Library (Stein Collections) Or.8212/77.

Location

Found in Dunhuang Mogao in the Cave of Thousand Buddahs (Ch.00183).

It is stored at the British Library. Stein Collection Or.8212/77.

Specification

Old Turkic text is written by Bagha Tur Cheghsi.

On one page of the paper the text is on Old Turkic, on the other page in Tibetan. Written with ink. Old Turkic text consists of 12 lines.

Size

Paper’s width - 23.5 cm, height - 38 cm

Researches

According to L.Barnett, "script, written by a person named Baghatur Chigshi, perhaps a military official, apparently in the 9th century, giving an account of some arrangements of the military stuff" ⁵⁸⁹.

Zwalf wrote, "Single sheet with text of Prajnaparamita in Tibetian" ⁵⁸⁸.

Reference: [589] [X]

Barnett, Lionel D. British museum handlist only. London: Unpublished, No date.

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Reference: [588] [X]

Zwalf W. Buddhism, Art and Faith. London: British Museum, 1985.

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Additional information

  http://idp.bl.uk/database/large.a4d?recnum=7852&imageRecnum=122102