A basic “Evaṃ mayā śrutam ….” bibliography
Posted on December 17th, 2009 · 
Some contributions towards the formulaic opening of Buddhist sutras (Sanskrit: evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavān … viharati sma) [chronologically]:
- John Brough: “Thus have I heard …”. In: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 13,2 (1950), 416-26 [= Collected papers. Edited by Minoru Hara and J.C. Wright. London 1996, 63-73].
- N.H. Samtani: The opening of the Buddhist sutras. In: Bhāratī – Bulletin of the College of Indology 8,2 (1964-64), 47-63.
- Yuichi Kajiyama: “Thus spoke the blessed one …”. In: L. Lancaster (Ed.): Prajñāpāramitā and related systems. Studies in honor of E. Conze. Berkeley 1977, 93-99.
- Jonathan Silk: A note on the opening of Buddhist sutras. In: Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 12,1 (1989), 158-63.
- Brian Galloway: “Thus have I heard: at one time …”. In: Indo-Iranian Journal 34,2 (1991), 87-104.
- Bernhard Kölver: Das Symbol evaṃ. In: Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik 16 (1992), 101-07.
- Mark Tatz: Brief Communication. In: Indo-Iranian Journal 36,4 (1993), 335-36 [= Indo-Iranian Journal 40,2 (1997), 117-18 (mistakenly)].
- Brian Galloway: A reply to Professor Mark Tatz. In: Indo-Iranian Journal 40,4 (1997), 367-71.
- Gregory Schopen: If you can’t remember, how to make it up. Some monastic rules for redacting canonical texts. In: P. Kieffer-Pülz (Ed.): Bauddhavidyāsudhākaraḥ. Studies in honour of Heinz Bechert on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Swisttal-Odendorf 1997, 571-82 [= Buddhist monks and business matters. Still more papers on monastic Buddhism in India. Honolulu 2004, 395-408].
- Fernando Tola, Carmen Dragonetti: Ekam samayam. In: Indo-Iranian Journal 42,1 (1999), 53-55.
- Konrad Klaus: Zu der formelhaften Einleitung der buddhistischen Sūtras. In: K. Klaus, J.-U. Hartmann (Ed.): Indica et Tibetica. Festschrift für Michael Hahn. Wien 2007, 309-22.
Additions welcome!