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Buddhist Studies with Special Reference to Tibetan

By Vidhushekhara Bhattacharya

Vol. 6 · No. 4December - 1930pp. 757–772English

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  • “In issuing પાક edition of the Xzépapaparivasiz Baron A, von Staél-Holstein writes : 'Mahayana tradition 15 practically dead 10 India and in order to understand Sanskrit Buddhist texts properly we have to consult the ancient Chinese and Tibetan translations as well as the living tradition of China and Tibet.”
  • “The greatest help for understanding the d.fective થાઈ {aulty Sanskrit text 15, no doubt, to be derived from the Tibetan translation, but the Chinese translations, being less literal, often supply informa- tion which cannot be obtained by reading the Tibetan translation.”
  • “It is now an established fact that for a thorough study of Mahayina Buddhisin 10 all its aspects “the three great languages,” Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan are absolutely necessary.”

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  1. Advayavasrasamgraka, a collection of twenty-one small treatises attributed to Advayavajra, edited by Sastri Maliasaya himself

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