At the Origins of the Great Vehicle: Reconstructing the Genesis of Mahayana in Light of the Bajaur Manuscripts. Review of: Schlosser, A. (2022) Three Early Mahāyāna Treatises from Gandhāra: Bajaur Kharoṣṭhī Fragments 4, 6, and 11. Gandhāran Buddhist Texts, Vol. 7. Seattle: University of Washington Press. xx, 317 p.
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Review
For citations:
Kamadanova S.S. At the Origins of the Great Vehicle: Reconstructing the Genesis of Mahayana in Light of the Bajaur Manuscripts. Review of: Schlosser, A. (2022) Three Early Mahāyāna Treatises from Gandhāra: Bajaur Kharoṣṭhī Fragments 4, 6, and 11. Gandhāran Buddhist Texts, Vol. 7. Seattle: University of Washington Press. xx, 317 p. State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide. 2026;44(1):270-280. (In Russ.)
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