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he provided a transcription of the Khotanese and the Sanskrit texts, a restoration of the Sanskrit, and a translation of the Khotanese text of Jivakapustaka [1]–[3] and [18]. A facsimile of the text was published by H.W. Bailey (Codices Khotanenses, 1938, 71–141), as well as a transcription of the Sanskrit and Khotanese texts (Khotanese Texts I, Cambridge 1945, 136–195). The Khotanese text was edited, with an English translation and a vocabulary, by S. Konow, A medical text in Khotanese, Ch. II 003 of the India Office Library, with translation and vocabulary; Avhandler utgitt av Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo, II. Hist.-Filos. Klasse, 1940 No. 4, Oslo 1941 (reviewed by H.W. Bailey, BSOAS 10, 1939/42, 1021–1023, M. Leumann, OLZ 1942, 11/12, 465–467, and *H. Oertel, KZ 67, 1942, 244). H.W. Bailey (1983) translated part of the first tract of the Jivakapustaka. Hoernle intended to publish a study of folios 44–72recto under the title of ‘An ancient medical manuscript from Eastern Turkestan’ as volume 2 of his ‘Manuscript remains of Buddhist literature found in Eastern Turkestan’ (Vol. 1 was published at Oxford in 1916; second edition, Delhi 1988); his planned edition included a lengthy introduction on the manuscript, its script, and its language, and contained besides his edition and translation of the Khotanese text his reconstruction of the Sanskrit text (see R.E. Emmerick, 1982; 1984a: 142; 1992: 61; 1992a: 43); A.F.R Hoernle's article was published in: S.K.