in the Religion of Light: A Study of the Popular Religious Manuscripts from Xiapu county, Fujian Province

Ma Xiaohe

Ma Xiaohe

Sogdian document TM393 (So18248 II) XiaPu manuscriPts [Pr’mn’nch δynh (Brahmanic religion)] First Buddha Naluoya (Nārāyan·a)’zr’wšc (Azrušč) Second Buddha Suluzhi (Zarathushtra) š’kmnw Pwt (Buddha Šākman) Third Buddha Shijiawen (Śākyamuni) mšyγ’ (christ) Fourth Buddha Yisu he (Jesus the Harmony) mr m’ny (Mār Mānī) Fifth Buddha Moni guang (Mani the Light)