A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.79
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.79
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v2.c19.s1.79
The Pāli texts, moreover, surpass all other productions of Buddhist literature, not only as a source for our knowledge of Buddhism, but also—which here concerns us first and foremost—from a purely literary standpoint. This will be shown by the following survey of this literature.¹