Introduction KHOTAN (Hotan), a town (lat 37°06′ N, long 79°56′ E) and major oasis of the southern Tarim Basin in…

JÑĀNOLKADHĀRAṆĪ, lit. “Spell of [the Buddha] Jñānolka,” the name of a short Buddhist text of the Mahayanist tradition containing two…

JĪVAKAPUSTAKA, a medical text in Sanskrit and Khotanese belonging to the Indian Ayurvedic tradition. It is preserved in a single…

JĀTAKASTAVA, a Khotanese religious poem in praise (Skt. stava-) of the Buddha’s former births (Skt. jātaka-). It is entirely preserved…

ILEDONG, site in Central Asia. Its location is not quite certain. The name itself (Eastern Turkish for “a road-sign hillock”)…

EMMERICK, RONALD ERIC, (b. Sydney, 9 March 1937; d. Hamburg, 31 August 2001), distinguished Australian scholar of the ancient civilizations…

KHOTAN iv. KHOTANESE LITERATURE Khotanese literature is the body of writings contained in a large number of manuscripts and manuscript…