Dunhuang Manichaean texts explained

The Dunhuang Manichaean texts refers to three Manichaean manuscripts of the Tang dynasty found in the Buddhist scripture cave of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.^[1]

• Chinese Manichaean hymn scroll
• Incomplete scripture of Manichaeism
• Manichaean Compendium
• Irk Bitig a Turkic divination text written in the manichaean script. May have been used syncretically by manichaeans^[2]

See also

• Turpan Manichaean texts

Notes and References

1. Book: Rui Chuanming. "Manichaeism Dunhuang and Turpan Manuscript Translation and Research". December 2014. 兰州大学出版社. 9787311046682. Eurasian History and Culture Library. Lanzhou. zh-Hans.
2. Book: Tekin, Talat . Irk bitig (the book of omens) . Otto Harrassowitz . 1993 . 978-3-447-03426-5 . Wiesbaden.