Review ArticleThe Proof Is in the Pudding:What Is Involved in Editing and Translating a Mahāyāna sūtra?
While different readers will have different expectations from something called a ‘critical edition,’ at a minimum one might expect reliable treatment of the sources employed, and from a translation consistent and reliable renderings, with or without meaningful commentary or annotation. The present r...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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Indo-Iranian journal
Year: 2013, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 157-178 |
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Book review
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | While different readers will have different expectations from something called a ‘critical edition,’ at a minimum one might expect reliable treatment of the sources employed, and from a translation consistent and reliable renderings, with or without meaningful commentary or annotation. The present review examines how far a recent contribution fulfills these minimal criteria. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8536 |
| Contains: | In: Indo-Iranian journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15728536-00000007 |