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Academic Year 2007 Vol. XI, March 2008 CONTENTS

#:!paper!written!in!Japanese. "!! RESEARCH ARTICLES: Oskar!von!HINBER:! The!Foundation!of!the!Bhikkhun#sa$gha !!!!!!A!Contribution!of!the!Earliest!History!of!Buddhism Oskar!von!HINBER:! The!pedestal!inscription!of!%irika Peter!SKILLING: Dharma,!Dh"ra#$,!Abhidharma,!Avad"na:!What!was!taught!in!Trayastri$&a? Jonathan!A.!SILK: *Parikar'ati!Reconsidered Seishi!KARASHIMA:! Fragments!of!a!Manuscript!of!the!Pr"timok%as&tra!of!the!Mah(s($ghika-(Lokottara)v(dins!(1) !!!Appendix!by!Nicholas!SIMS-WILLIAMS: !!!Remarks!on!the!Bactrian!Colophon Seishi!KARASHIMA!and!Margarita!I.!VOROBYOVA-DESYATOVSKAYA: Buddhist!Sanskrit!Fragments!from!the!Collection!of!The!Institute!of!Oriental!Manuscripts !!!!!in!St.!Petersburg!(2) SAERJI:! A!New!Fragment!of!the!Ratnaketuparivarta YE!Shaoyong: The!M&lamadhyamakak"rik"!and!Buddhap(litas!Commentary!(2): !!!!!Romanized!Texts!Based!on!the!Newly!Identied!Sanskrit!Manuscripts!from!Tibet YE!Shaoyong: A!Paleographical!Study!of!the!Manuscripts!of!the!M&lamadhyamakak"rik"!and !!!!!Buddhap(litas!Commentary Seishi!KARASHIMA:! An!Old!Tibetan!Translation!of!the!Lotus!Sutra!from!Khotan: !!!!!The!Romanised!Text!Collated!with!the!Kanjur!Version!(4) FANG!Guangchang: Findings!about!a!Northern!Song!Dynasty!Pattra!Sutra!Kept!in!the!Lingyinsi!Temple Kiyotaka!GOSHIMA:! Who!Was!Ching-mu!(Blue-Eyes)? # [Akira!YUYAMA]: :! !!!!![Supplementary!Remarks!on!the!Blockprint!Text!of!the!Praj"-p"ramit"-ratna-gu#a!!!!!!!!!!!sa'caya-g"th"!from!Turfan]

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# [Noriyuki!KUDO]: !!!!!![An!Enlargement!of!the!Number!of!Sections!in!the!Karmavibha(ga] "!!BRIEF COMMUNICATION: Seishi!KARASHIMA:!The!Omission!of!the!Verses!of!the!Samantamukha-parivarta !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!in!a!Kanjur!Edition !!!!FAN!Muyou:!Some!Remarks!on!the!Relationship!between!a!Sanskrit!Manuscript!of!the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Advayasamat"vijaya!from!Tibet!and!its!Tibetan!Translation "!! IRIAB BULLETIN: IRIAB!Activities List!of!Publications!of!the!IRIAB!Director!and!Fellows Books/Journals!Received! "!!EDITORIALS:

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"!!PLATES: 1 Oskar!von!HINBER: !!!!!The!pedestal!inscription!of!%irika 2 SAERJI: !!!!!A!New!Fragment!of!the!Ratnaketuparivarta 3 Seishi!KARASHIMA: !!!!!Fragments!of!a!manuscript!of!the!Pr"timok%as&tra!of!the!Mah(s($ghika-(Lokottara)v(dins!(1) 4 Seishi!KARASHIMA!and!Margarita!I.!VOROBYOVA-DESYATOVSKAYA: !!!!!Buddhist!Sanskrit!Fragments!from!the!Collection!of!The!Institute!of!Oriental!Manuscripts !!!!!!!!!!in!St.!Petersburg!(2) 5 Seishi!KARASHIMA: !!!!!An!Old!Tibetan!Translation!of!the!Lotus!Sutra!from!Khotan: !!!!!!!!!!The!Romanised!Text!Collated!with!the!Kanjur!Version!!(4)