“Feast of the Wise”: Author, Structure and Textual Witnesses of the 16th Century Religio-Historical Work Chos ’byung mkhas pa’i dga’ ston by the Second dPa’ bo, gTsug lag phreng ba (1504–1566)
1. Introduction 110 1-1. The Genre of chos ’byung 112 1-2. Feast of the Wise 113 2. Author 117 2-1. Western Research about His Life 118 2-2. Brief Summary of His Life 118 3. Structure 120 3-1. Parts 1 & 2: World and India 121 3-1. Part 3: Tibet 123 3-1. Parts 4 & 5: Other Regions and Five Fields of Knowledge 125 4. Textual Witnesses 126 4-1. Block Prints and Their Reprints 126 PX1: Xylograph reprint by Dehli Karmapa Chhodhey Gyalwae Sungrab Partun Khang 127 PX2: Xylograph reprint by mTsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang 128 PX3: Block print from the collection dPe rnying rtsa chen par ma'i skor phyogs bsdus 128 PX4: Incomplete block print with middle part missing and unknown location of preservation 129 PX6: Incomplete block print with colored Eighth Karma pa 130 PX7: Partial block print reproduction (vol. ja) by Nang bstan shes rig ’dzin skyong slob gnyer khang 131 PX8/PX9: Block print from the Tucci collection 131 PX10: Incomplete block print preserved by the LTWA 132 4-2. Manuscripts 132 PM1: Incomplete (vols. pha–tsa) dbu med manuscript in very good condition 132 PM2: Incomplete (vol. ka–ja) dbu can manuscript from Tucci collection 133 PM3: dbu med manuscript of volume ja (“Richardson manuscript”) 134 PM4: Manuscript of extracts of volume ja 135 PM5/PM6: Manuscripts of volume ja (NGMCP) 135 PM7/PM8: Manuscripts of volume ma (NGMCP) 135 4-3. Modern Book Editions 136 PB1: Lokesh Chandra edition 136 PB2/PB3/PB4: Beijing edition by rDo rje rgyal po 137 PB5: Lhasa edition by dPal brtsegs 139 PB6: Lhasa edition by Tshe ring rdo rje 140 PB7: Varanasi edition by Vajra Vidya Institute 140 PB8: Karma Lekshey Ling edition 140 4-4. Summary141 5. Conclusion 141 Appendix A: Title, Worship, Declaration of Intent 142 Tibetan Text 142 Translation 143 Appendix B: Epilogue, Colophon 145 Tibetan Text 145 Translation 147 Appendix C: Structure of Block Print Edition 149 Appendix D: Table of Contents—Translated 151 Appendix E: Page Numbers for Available Sources 154 Bibliography 159 Editions of the Chos ’byung mkhas pa’i dga’ ston 159 Other Tibetan Literature 161 Dictionaries 162 Western Literature 162
