A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.19

v2.c19.s6.t3.19

Dharmarakṣa in the year 308 A. D., the supposed "second translation of the Lalita-Vistara," is really a translation of the text in question at all.¹ The Tibetan translation² is an accurate translation of the Sanskrit text, but it only originated in the 9th century. It may be assumed with certainty that a version, differing slightly from the Lalita-Vistara, was known to the artists who, from about 850 to 900 A.D., decorated the famous temple of Boro-Budur in Java: for these magnificent sculptures represent scenes from the Buddha legend in such a manner as though the artists had actually worked with a text of the Lalita-Vistara at their hand.³