Mahādeva in Dunhuang

Mahādeva, the “Indian Oedipus”, is in some sources blamed for the initial schism between the two main branches of the early Buddhist sects, the Mahāsāṃghikas and the Sthaviras. In this paper I examine a version of the story of Mahādeva found in the Tibetan Dunhuang manuscript labelled IOL Tib J 26,...

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Published in:Indo-Iranian journal
Main Author: Borgland, Jens Wilhelm (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Indo-Iranian journal
Further subjects:B Buddhism Dunhuang manuscripts Mahādeva vinaya Mūlasarvāstivāda schism
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