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New Delhi.
Munshiram Manoharlal.
1998.
Reprint.
Originally published in 1896. Translated by J. Takakusu. Folding map, lxiv + 240pp, index, very good copy in protected dustjacket. This work provides a "veritable mine of information on Indian literature and Buddhism. I-tsing had mastered the Vinaya Pitakas of Buddhism before he set out on his travels which lasted for twenty-five years and which covered more than thirty countries. His objective was to secure the authentic texts of the Mulasarvastivada school from India so that the erroneous views of the Chinese scholars of Vinaya Pitakas could be corrected. The hazardous voyage from China to India in a Persian trading vessel did not dampen his zeal. He collected some 400 Sanskrit texts in India. He reached China in AD 695 and spent the rest of his life translating them." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 40087)
ISBN: 9788121501682
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