Re: [INDOLOGY] The word kārikā in the title of works

Matthew Kapstein mkapstei at uchicago.edu
Fri Feb 6 16:02:59 UTC 2015


Dear Philipp,

I do not have the reference to Wezler, and I do not know about the particular case
of the Sāṅkhyakārikā, but it is quite clear from the Tibetan transcriptions of the Sanskrit
titles of works in which kārikā is used that this usage is not "modern". Here are the instances
from the Tibetan canons, as retrieved by searching the University of Vienna's useful site on
Kanjur studies:
https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/index.php

all best,
Matthew

--KANJUR--




rKTS-K947<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif2.php?id=947>      saddharmasmṛtyupasthānakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif2.php?id=947>


--TANJUR--

rKTS-T46<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=46>        guṇāparyantastotrapadakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=46>

rKTS-T61<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=61>        kālapūjāmahācatuṣkakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=61>

rKTS-T585<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=585>      tattvakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=585>

rKTS-T1518<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=1518>    ārya-anantamukhanirhāradhāraṇīvyākhānakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=1518>

rKTS-T1827<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=1827>    [āryavajravidāraṇīkaramāśukārikarmavidhi.]<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=1827>

rKTS-T3131<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3131>    abhisamayālaṃkāra-nāma-prajñāpāramitopadeśaśāstrakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3131>

rKTS-T3133<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3133>    āryapañcaviṃśatisāhasrikāprajñāpāramitopadeśaśāstrābhisamayālaṃkārakārikāvārttikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3133>

rKTS-T3141<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3141>    abhisamayālaṃkārakārikāprajñāpāramitopadeśaśāstraṭīkā prasphuṭapadā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3141>

rKTS-T3146<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3146>    abhisamayālaṃkārakārikāvṛtti śuddhamatī<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3146>

rKTS-T3154<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3154>    āryaprajñāpāramitāsaṃgrahakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3154>

rKTS-T3155<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3155>    āryaprajñāpāramitāsaṃgrahakārikāvivaraṇa<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3155>

rKTS-T3169<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3169>    prajñā-nāma-mūlamadhyamakakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3169>

rKTS-T3170<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3170>    yuktiṣaṣṭikākārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3170>

rKTS-T3172<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3172>    śūnyatāsaptatikārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3172>

rKTS-T3173<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3173>    vigrahavyāvartanīkārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3173>

rKTS-T3181<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3181>    pratītyasamutpādahṛdayakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3181>

rKTS-T3191<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3191>    catuḥśatakaśāstra-nāma-kārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3191>

rKTS-T3193<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3193>    hastavālaprakaraṇakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3193>

rKTS-T3200<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3200>    madhyamakahṛdayakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3200>

rKTS-T3214<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3214>    tarkamudgarakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3214>

rKTS-T3229<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3229>    madhyamakālaṃkārakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3229>

rKTS-T3239<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3239>    nirākārakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3239>

rKTS-T3244<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3244>    sugatamatavibhaṅgakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3244>

rKTS-T3280<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3280>    śikṣāsamuccayakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3280>

rKTS-T3325<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3325>    āryaśālistambakakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3325>

rKTS-T3359<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3359>    mahāyānasūtrālaṃkārakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3359>

rKTS-T3362<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3362>    dharmadharmatāvibhaṅgakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3362>

rKTS-T3394<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3394>    triṃśikākārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3394>

rKTS-T3395<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3395>    viṃśatikākārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3395>

rKTS-T3427<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3427>    abhidharmakośakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3427>

rKTS-T3429<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3429>    abhidharmakośaśāstrakārikābhāṣya<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3429>

rKTS-T3461<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3461>    vinayakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3461>

rKTS-T3462<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3462>    āryamūlasarvāstivādiśrāmaṇerakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3462>

rKTS-T3463<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3463>    āryamūlasarvāstivādiśrāmaṇerakārikāvṛttiprabhāvatī<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3463>

rKTS-T3464<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3464>    triśatakārikāvyākhyāna<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3464>

rKTS-T3466<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3466>    śramaṇapañcāśatkārikāpadābhismaraṇa<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3466>

rKTS-T3469<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3469>    nidānapudgalasaṃgrahakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3469>

rKTS-T3472<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3472>    vinayapraśnakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3472>

rKTS-T3517<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3517>    saddharmasmṛtyupasthānakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3517>

rKTS-T3547<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3547>    pramāṇavārttikakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3547>

rKTS-T3579<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3579>    sarvajñasiddhikārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3579>

rKTS-T3580<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3580>    bāhyārthasiddhikārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3580>

rKTS-T3581<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3581>    śrutiparīkṣākārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3581>

rKTS-T3582<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3582>    anyāpohavicārakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3582>

rKTS-T3583<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3583>    īśvarabhaṅgakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3583>

rKTS-T3601<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3601>    tattvasaṃgrahakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3601>

rKTS-T3609<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3609>    vibhaktikārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3609>

rKTS-T3628<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3628>    piṇḍanivartananirdeśakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3628>

rKTS-T3905<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3905>    madhyamakāvatārakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3905>

rKTS-T3915<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3915>    sugatamatavibhaṅgakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3915>

rKTS-T3917<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3917>    pratītyasamutpādahṛdayakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3917>

rKTS-T3934<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3934>    vajracchedikāyāḥ prajñāpāramitāyāvyākhyānopanibandhanakārikā<https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/xml3/xml/verif3.php?id=3934>


Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago
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