內蒙藏西夏文《功德寶集偈》殘葉考=A Study on the Fragmental Manuscript of Collection of Buddhist Hymns on Merit and Virtue in Tangut Script Published in Tangut Documents from China
In Tangut Documents from China there is a fragmental manuscript that was originally identified as Tangut Manuscripts: Fragmental Pieces of Buddhist Scripture. Detailed research and analysis indicates that this manuscript was engraved rather than handwritten and that it is part of the twelfth chapter of Saint Shenghui Reaches the Opposite Shore: Collection of Buddhist Hymns on Merit and Virtue. The honorific title “Emperor of the Great Dynasty” appears in the preface, the “Great Dynasty” referred to likely being Greater Mongolia. This information is significant for research on the particular version of the Collection of Buddhist Hymns on Merit and Virtue that was being circulated and for datingthe Tangut documents collected in the Khara-Khoto documents.
