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Abstract of Four Lectures on Buddhist Literature in China

by: Beal, Samuel, 1825-1889

Publication date: 1882

Topics: Buddhist literature, Chinese -- Translations into Chinese -- History and criticism, Buddhist literature, Chinese -- History and criticism, Buddhist literature, Chinese

Publisher: Trubner & Co. (London)

Collection: ServantsOfKnowledge; JaiGyan; IndiaHistory

Contributor: Servants of Knowledge

Language: English

xvi, 185 pages : 23 cm, Reprint. Originally published: Abstract of four lectures on Buddhist literature in China, delivered at University College, London. London : Trübner, 1882. Includes bibliographical references and index. Early translators of Buddhist books in China -- On the method of Buddha's teaching as exhibited in the Vinaya Pitaka -- Aśvaghosha -- Coincidences between Buddhism and other religious systems.

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