Les premières impressions des dhāranī de Mahāpratisarā

Abstract

Textual elements of a printed dhāranī, found in Sichuan in 1944, have led some scholars to assert that it could have been printed in the middle of the eighth century. If this date is correct, then the dhāranī would be one of the oldest, if not the oldest, xylographed text. This article contests the early dating on the basis of the fact that there are several dhāranī of the same type found in Dunhuang and in central China, dated or undated, which seem more recent and probably were printed from woodblocks not carved before the tenth century.

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