A New Fragment of an Old Uighur Version of the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra Preserved at the Liaoning Provincial Museum

Abstract

This paper introduces several new fragments that were collected by Luo Zhenyu 羅振玉 (1866–1940) and subsequently acquired by the Liaoning Provincial Museum. In 1928, Luo relocated from Tianjin to Liaoning, transporting his extensive collection with him. He resided in Liaoning for 12 years until his demise, during which time his collections were integrated into the museum’s holdings. The fragment we are publishing here is one of the items. Our research indicates that the pieces assembled by museum staff are parts of two leaves. The Uighur text corresponds to a section of chapter 32 of the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra in forty chapters.