The University of the West is engaged in a ground-breaking project to gather, digitize and distribute the original Sanskrit scriptures of the Buddhist faith. Although Buddhism disappeared from its Indian homeland about eight centuries ago, …

Sanskrit Buddhist literature refers to Buddhist texts composed either in classical Sanskrit, in a register that has been called "Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit" (also known as "Buddhistic Sanskrit" and "Mixed Sanskrit"), or a mixture of these two.

Materials from the early and medieval Buddhist tradition covering texts in Pāli and Sanskrit; line by line (interlinear) texts and translations; translations in English only; studies of grammar, prosody and compilation; maps, reference works and audio files.

This section contains Buddhist texts in the original languages, together with studies of the texts, especially in regard to their compilation and prosody. Canonical Works: Dhammacakkappavattanasuttaṁ

There are different genres of early Buddhist texts, including prose "suttas" (Sanskrit: sūtra, discourses), disciplinary works , various forms of verse compositions (such as gāthā and udāna), mixed prose and verse works (geya), and also lists (matika) of monastic rules or doctrinal topics. A large portion of Early Buddhist literature is ...

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Explore key Buddhist texts from Pali, East Asian, Sanskrit, and Tibetan traditions. These writings are essential for understanding and practicing Buddhism.

In the Buddhist context, sutta (from the Sanskrit sutra) refers to texts that are supposed to contain what the Buddha himself said. Subject matter: Vinaya Pitaka consists mainly of rules governing the daily life of monks and nuns. This contains instructions on the organization of the Sangha and how to keep the sangha working harmoniously.

These chapters begin with the early texts which have survived from the Early Buddhist Tradition, and continue in the following chapters in both Winternitz’ and Nariman’s book to the Mahāyāna texts proper. The work is now quite dated in terms of its scholarly references, and

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