The third issue of the publication, dedicated to the memory of S.F. Oldenburg, completes the publication of the oldest Sanskrit texts, begun by G.M. Bongard-Levin and M.I. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya! The issue includes initial works on these texts by Sergei Fedorovich Oldenburg, one of the most prominent figures of Russian culture of the late 19th - early 20th centuries, the founder of Central Asian philology. The issue included fundamental research, translations and commentaries of the Kashyapaparivarta Sutra, the Sanskrit Manuscript from Bairam Ali, fragments of the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra, the Golden Splendor Sutra, as well as facsimiles of sheets and fragments published by S.F. Oldenburg, “Kashyapaparivarta-sutras”, etc. CONTENTS: Instead of introducing 11 List of abbreviations 12 Academician S.F. Oldenburg is a researcher of the ancient culture of Central Asia 14Publications by S.F. Oldenburg Sanskrit fragments from Central Asia 34 Central Asian collection of manuscripts of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS 75 Kashyapaparivarta Sutra 89 Publications of individual sheets and fragments 209 Fragments of the “Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra” 211A Fragment of the "Pancavimsatisahasrikaprajiiaparamitasutra" from the A.Stein collection 21 1A Fragment of the "Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita-sOtra" from Eastern Turkestan 213New Fragments of the "Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita" from Eastern Turkestan 217A Fragment of the Larger "Prajnaparamita" from Central Asia 221A Fragment of the Sanskrit Text of Sllaparamita 244Unique Sanskrit fragments of the "Sutra of Golden Light" from the I.P. Lavrov collection 247Fragments of the "Saddharmapundarlka-sutra" from the I.P. Lavrov collection. 256Unknown Sanskrit fragments from Central Asia. 261Sanskrit manuscript on birch bark from Bayram-Ali. 273Fragment of the “Pratimokshasutra” from the collection of I.P. Lavrova 337Appendices 343S.F. Oldenburg. In memory of Nikolai Fedorovich Petrovsky. 1837-1908 345Index to the Kashyapaparivarta Sutra 351Summary 363Facsimile 365List of illustrations 367Facsimile of sheets and fragments published by S.F. Oldenburg 373 Facsimile of sheets of the “Kashyapaparivarta Sutra” 418 Facsimile of individual sheets and fragments 494