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False friends in theFanfanyu

Author(s) -

Gudrun Pinte

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

acta orientalia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 1588-2667

pISSN - 0001-6446

DOI - 10.1556/aorient.65.2012.1.6

Subject(s) - sanskrit , buddhism , lexicon , phenomenon , literature , linguistics , philosophy , history , art , epistemology , theology

In the present article, a remarkable phenomenon is brought to the attention of those interested in early Chinese translations of Buddhist texts: false friends in the Fanfanyu (T54n2130). Baochang’s Sanskrit-Chinese lexicon that was compiled as early as 517 AD reveals some curious examples of faux amis. In the present contribution, this case will be illustrated with references from the Shanjian lü piposha (T24n1462), a 5th century Chinese translation of the Samantapāsādikā, Buddhaghosa’s commentary on the Pāli Vinaya. The fact that Baochang did not realise that this text was not translated from Sanskrit, inadvertently gave rise to some interesting jeux de mots

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