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A Buddhist Manuscript at Gilgit

By Nalinaksha Dutt

Vol. 8 · No. 1March - 1932pp. 93–110English
Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts

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  • “The manuscripts are all in a bad condition and damaged in many places.”
  • “The importance of the ms. lies in its (2) language, (છ) the light thrown by it on the 5188 (divisicn of Buddhist literature) called Vyakarana, (૦) the form of Buddhism, envisaged by its contents, and (ત) the whereabouts of the Arhat Nandimitra.”
  • “In language and style, it bears a close resemblance 10 the Lalita-vistara.”

Works cited in this article

  1. JRAS, (1931, October)
  2. 74. (1932, March)
  3. Aspects of Mahayina Buddhism (pp. 30-38)
  4. Sumangala ઈતર, p. 24
  5. A-lo-Tian Nan-ti-mi-to-lo so-shuo fa-chu-chi (The record of the duration of the Law, spoken by the great Arhat Nandimitra) (JK45S., 1898, p. 031)

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  • Bower Manuscript
  • A4jitasena-vyakarata-nirdesa-nama-mahayana-sitra

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Vol. 8 · No. 1
1–20Sasanka, king of BengalRadha Govinda Basak21–29The Eastern CalukyasDhirendra Chandra Ganguly30–42The Jaina School of AstronomySukumar Ranjan Das43–48Some Cosmological Ideas of the JainasAmulya Chandra Sen49–53Domicile of the Author of the Bhagavata PuranaAmar Nath Roy54–63Studies in the KautiliyaNarendra Nath Law64–84Early Vritism and NarayanIya WorshipMrinal Das Gupta85–92The Gupta EraDhirendra Nath Mukherji93–110A Buddhist Manuscript at GilgitNalinaksha DuttCurrent article111–113A Quotation from the HrdayadarpanaP. K. Gode113–116A Note on a remark of Yuan ChwangRamashankar Tripathi117–120Macedonian Month-Name in a Brahmi InscriptionHarit Krishna Deb121–164Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Valley CivilizationNarendra Nath Law165–220The English Translation of the KautiliyaNarendra Nath Law221–223The Soma or Sauma Sect of the SaivasChintaharan Chakravarti224–227KasakrtsnaKshitish Chandra Chatterjee228–230Nalanda Stone Inscription of YasovarmadevaA. K. Mrithyunjayan231–240Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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