Buddhist Forum Volume V: Philological Approach to BuddhismFirst Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
Contents
I Buddhism and Philology | 1 |
II Buddhism and Its Origins | 18 |
III Buddhism and Oral Tradition | 35 |
IV Buddhism and Regional Dialects | 50 |
V Buddhism and Writing | 65 |
VI Buddhism and Sanskritisation | 80 |
VII Buddhism and Aśoka | 96 |
VIII Buddhism and Canonicity | 111 |
IX Buddhism and the Commentarial Tradition | 127 |
X Philology and Buddhism | 143 |
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Common terms and phrases
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