Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks (7th to 13th Centuries)

50 Taenzer

Table 1.1 Overview of temples and monastics 110

1111 2112 3113 3a 114 4115 5116 6117 7118 8119 9120 10121 11122

names of temples

manuscripts nos S. 2729 S. 2669 S. 2614 S. 520 S. 2575 S. 6178 P. 3218 P. 3156 P. tib. 994

date of manuscript 788 c870 c895 928 947/969 979 979 + 979 + 992/3 986?

Longxing (龍興) 28 m 50 42 8 X X X X 11 X

Qianyuan (乾元) 19 m 27 20 7 X X (?) X X X

Kaiyuan (開元) 13 m 48 37 11 X X X X X X

Yongan (永安) 11 m?? X X X

Jinguang ming

(金光明)

16 m?? X X P. 3388 16 X X X

Lingtu (靈圖) 17 m?? X X X X X

110 In the table a ‘X’ means that the temple is named in the respective Dunhuang manu-
script. Numbers in italics refer to the numbers of dignitaries such as what is referred to in
Chinese as sengzheng (僧正) or falü (法律) only. (?) means that it is not certain whether
these temples already existed.
111 (1) S. 2729 complete; in Ikeda, Household Registers, 502. This manuscript is discussed in
Taenzer, Dunhuang Region during Tibetan Rule, 200. ‘m’ behind the figures means monas-
teries, ‘n’ nunneries.
112 (2) S. 2669 incomplete list of nuns c 870; 34(+?) means that it is not certain whether there
were more than 34 nuns affiliated to Shengguang temple; see Ikeda, Household Registers,

573. This manuscript is discussed in Taenzer, Dunhuang Region during Tibetan Rule, 200.
     113 (3) S. 2614 incomplete; in Tang, Dunhuang IV, 229 and Kitahara, “Jiin keizai,” 456. The
     total number of monastics in the manuscript states 1147 monastics. The actual number of
     monastic’s names listed is only 1037.
     114 (3a) The entries in this column also refer to the manuscript in column (3) S. 2614. The first
     figure shows the number of ordained monks, while the second figure gives the number of
     novices.
     115 (4) S. 520: bears the seal of the head of the clergy (Chin. dusengtong) of Hexi; Tang,
     Dunhuang IV, 129.