TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a Reassessment of Indrabhūti’s Jñānasiddhi
AU - Schott, Julian
AU - Gerloff, Torsten
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This article argues for the reassessment of Indrabhuti's Jnanasiddhi in the light of newly discovered primary witnesses and previously unnoticed relations to other works. Presumably composed in the late eighth to early ninth century CE, it belongs to the earlier phase of Tantric Buddhism, a transitional period between the predominance of the Yoga- and Mahayogatantras to the later Yoginitantras, and relates to a variety of important scriptures of this formation. While this article briefly discusses the origins, authorship, contents and context of the Jnanasiddhi, including a brief overview of its modern scholarship, it also highlights its intertextual relations with and notable influences upon other tantric works of major importance. The Jnanasiddhi stands out as a tantric scripture of paramount importance, and we attempt to demonstrate the necessity of its reassessment with recourse to hitherto neglected but nonetheless vital sources that have only recently come to light.
AB - This article argues for the reassessment of Indrabhuti's Jnanasiddhi in the light of newly discovered primary witnesses and previously unnoticed relations to other works. Presumably composed in the late eighth to early ninth century CE, it belongs to the earlier phase of Tantric Buddhism, a transitional period between the predominance of the Yoga- and Mahayogatantras to the later Yoginitantras, and relates to a variety of important scriptures of this formation. While this article briefly discusses the origins, authorship, contents and context of the Jnanasiddhi, including a brief overview of its modern scholarship, it also highlights its intertextual relations with and notable influences upon other tantric works of major importance. The Jnanasiddhi stands out as a tantric scripture of paramount importance, and we attempt to demonstrate the necessity of its reassessment with recourse to hitherto neglected but nonetheless vital sources that have only recently come to light.
KW - Grub pa sde bdun
KW - Indo- Tibetan Literature
KW - Indrabhuti
KW - Jnanasiddhi
KW - mahamudra
KW - Tantric Buddhism
UR - https://journal.equinoxpub.com/BSR/issue/view/1846
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104329735&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1558/bsrv.41247
DO - 10.1558/bsrv.41247
M3 - Article
SN - 0265-2897
VL - 37
SP - 241
EP - 260
JO - Buddhist Studies Review
JF - Buddhist Studies Review
IS - 2
ER -