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Two Oirat legends in the Clear Script

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2013

Abstract

The article contains a translation of two oral Mongolian legends of Khoshuuts from Karashahr in Xinjiang recorded in the Clear Script (todo bičig): A legend about the defeat of Jangjalab Khan and the origin of the Russian people and How Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama, Taranatha, Songtsän Gampo and Sakya Pandita became friends. These legends show a Mongolian reception of the history and the human being in the flow of time.

The popular religion has been transforming the Buddhist history as to express the basic Buddhist concept of actions and their results. The introductory part describes the history of Oirat Clear script.