Charles DiSimone's research interests include the applications of philological, codicological, and critical analysis of Buddhist sūtra manuscripts and literature, both Mahāyāna and Mainstream.

Projects

Projects as postdoc

The life of a Buddhist manuscript. The Mūlasarvastivadin Dīrghāgama manuscript, its influence on Buddhist textual production, and the development of canonical Buddhist material in the first millennium of the common era (2019 - 2026)

Publications

Most recent publications

DiSimone, Charles. “A Brief Introduction to the Mūlasarvāstivāda Dīrghāgama Manuscript from Gilgit.” ACADEMIA LETTERS, 2020, doi:10.20935/al30.
DiSimone, Charles. “Scribal Technique and Birch Bark Folio Repair Utilized in the Production of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Dīrghāgama Manuscript by a Scriptorium in Gilgit around the 8th Century CE.” 불교학리뷰, no. 25, 2019, pp. 9–45, doi:10.29213/crbs..25.201904.9.
DiSimone, Charles. “An Unidentified Āgama Quotation and the Beginning of the Prasādanīya-Sūtra.” Reading Slowly : A Festschrift for Jens E. Braarvig, edited by Lutz Edzard et al., Harrassowitz, 2018, pp. 137–58, doi:10.2307/j.ctvckq4dr.13.
DiSimone, Charles. “Intertextuality, Contradiction, and Confusion in the Prasādanīya-Sūtra, Sampasādanīya-Sutta, and 自歡喜經 (Zì Huānxǐ Jīng).” BUDDHIST STUDIES REVIEW, vol. 33, no. 1–2, 2016, pp. 141–62, doi:10.1558/bsrv.31644.
DiSimone, Charles. “Remarks on an Instance of Intertextuality in the Eleventh Chapter of the Śikṣāsamuccaya and the Phrase Tṛṇagulmauṣadhivanaspati in Buddhist Sūtra Literature.” CRITICAL REVIEW FOR BUDDHIST STUDIES, vol. 17, no. 6, 2015, pp. 9–37.

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