• Da ’Dulv-a (Da [volume 11] of the ’Dulba section of the Kanjur)

    ᠳ᠋ᠠ᠋ ᢗᠳᠦᠯᠣ᠎ᠠ

Publisher:
  • [Beijing : Song zhu si, Kangxi wu shi jiu nian i.e. 1720?]
  • [北京 : 嵩竹寺, 康熙五十九年 i.e. 1720?]
Extent:
  • 108 v. ; 73.5 x 24 x 12 cm.+ 1 suppl.
Format:
Description:
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Suppl. vol.109 with imperial preface dated 1763 which indicated that Da zang jing published in Chinese, Manchu, Tibetan and Mongolian.
  • Original Gest Oriental Library Collection.
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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Curator's notes:

  • Mongolian
    Dolon Nor, 1720, paper

    The Manchu rulers of the Qing Dynasty patronized Tibetan Buddhism at court and especially in their Inner Asian borderlands. Institutions were established to carve, print, and disseminate the Canons, first in Tibetan, and in 1718–1720 also in Mongolian. While the 108 volumes of the Kanjur (or G’anjuur) Canon (still in oblong loose paper format, a total of 50,000 leaves) were printed, thus mass-produced, the inner sides of their wooden covers with saints and deities were hand-painted.

    Gest Collection, BQ1260 .K36 1720

    For further reading

    Ge Laxiseleng 格 · 拉西色楞. Mengguwen Ganzhu’er foxiang daquan 蒙古文《甘珠尔》佛像大全 (Complete collection of Buddha images from the Mongolian Ganjuur). Huhehaote 呼和浩特: Nei Menggu Renmin Chubanshe, 2006.

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