PROF Nicholas Sims-Williams' Outputs (2)

Metrical passages in the Khotanese Saṃghāṭa-sūtra (2023)
Journal Article
Sims-Williams, N. (2023). Metrical passages in the Khotanese Saṃghāṭa-sūtra. Indo-Iranian Journal, 66(2), 97-126. https://doi.org/10.1163/15728536-06602002

The Buddhist Sanskrit Saṃghāṭa-sūtra includes several longer or shorter passages in verse, mostly ślokas. Many though not all of these verse passages also appear in metrical form in the Khotanese version, which makes use of all three of the metres kn... Read More about Metrical passages in the Khotanese Saṃghāṭa-sūtra.

The Avestan Hymn to Sraoša - Yasna 56 and 57: A Critical Edition with Commentary and Glossary (2023)
Thesis
Grassi, C. The Avestan Hymn to Sraoša - Yasna 56 and 57: A Critical Edition with Commentary and Glossary. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive study of chapter 56 and 57 of the Yasna, a text known as Srōš Yašt, that is the Avestan hymn dedicated to the god Sraōša. The thesis includes a new critical edition of the text, based on 31 liturgi... Read More about The Avestan Hymn to Sraoša - Yasna 56 and 57: A Critical Edition with Commentary and Glossary.