A Companion to Middle Indo-Aryan Literature

Abhidhamma According Ajātasattu Ananda Anga Apabhramsa Arhat ascetic Asoka Author Benares Bengali Bhikkhus Bimbisāra Bodhisatta Bombay Brāhmaṇa Buddha Buddhadatta Buddhaghosa Buddhist Council Burma Burmese Calcutta called canonical carita cent century A.D. Ceylon Colombo commentary composed contains converted deals Dhamma Dhammapada Digambara Digha disciples discourse doctrine flourished gāthās Gautama German trs grammar Hemacandra Hindi India Intro Jacobi Jain Jaina Jaina Granthamālā Jainism Jātaka JPTS JRAS Kaccayana Kalpasūtra Khuddaka king Kosala language large number legends lived for sometime Magadha Mahā Mahābhārata Mahāparinivvāṇa Suttanta Mahāvamsa Mahavira Mahāyāna Majjhima Mallas mentioned metrical monks Nāgārjuna Nikāya Nirvāṇa Oldenberg original Painna Pali Pāli Language Pasenadi philosophy pitaka place-name poem Prakrit Prākṛta prose purāṇa Rājagaha Rāma Rāmāyaṇa religion religious Sakalakirti Samgha Sanskrit Sariputta Sinhalese story Sūri Sutta Sutta-pitaka teachings Thera tion Tipitaka Tirthamkara Tissa tradition Udāna Uvanga Vaggas Vesāli Vinaya Vinaya Texts Vinaya-pitaka vols written