Four Gāndhārī Saṃyuktāgama Sutras

Four Gāndhārī Saṃyuktāgama Sutras
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 0295987723
ISBN-13 : 9780295987729
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Download or read book Four Gāndhārī Saṃyuktāgama Sutras written by Andrew Glass and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four Gandhari Samyuktagama Sutras continues the study of Gandharan Buddhist texts and is the first investigation of a scroll from the Senior Collection of Kharosthi manuscripts. Senior scroll number 5, one of the best preserved of all Kharosthi manuscripts, contains four short sutras that give a first-hand account of meditation practice in Gandhara in the middle of the second century A.D. Andrew Glass is the lead researcher on the Gandhari Dictionary Project and a member of the British Library/University of Washington early Buddhist Manuscripts Project (www.ebmp.org).


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