Lǜ jièběn shū 律戒本疏 (variant)

Commentary on the Vinaya Prātimokṣa (Dunhuang fragment, variant recension) (author unknown)

About the work

A one-fascicle anonymous variant prātimokṣa commentary fragment, preserved in Dunhuang. The variant relationship with KR6k0134 reflects the multiplicity of Vinaya commentary streams in Tang-period Dunhuang.

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Abstract

Companion to KR6k0134; both are Dunhuang fragments of Sìfēn prātimokṣa commentaries in slightly variant manuscript transmissions. Together they testify to the diversity of Vinaya scholarship in northwestern Tang Buddhist communities.