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A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.49

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### [v2.c19.s6.t4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t4.49)

¹ Unfortunately, I am unable to determine whether the Ratna-Kāraṇḍa-Vyūha-Sūtra, which was translated into Chinese by Dharmarakṣa in 270 A.D. and by Guṇabhadra between 435 and 468 A.D., (s. B. Nanjio, Catalogue No. 168 f. ; \*Bagchi\* 1, 96, 380 ; \*Alfred Forke\*, Katalog des Pekinger Tripiṭaka, Ostas. Sammlungen der k. Bibliothek zu Berlin, 1916, Nos. 623, 1069) is identical with the "Kāraṇḍa-Vyūha Sūtra", translated between 980 and 1001 A.D. (Nanjio, No. 782 ; Forke No. 548), and with one of the Sanskrit versions. A Ratna-Kāraṇḍa-Sūtra is quoted in the Śikṣā-Samuccaya (pp. 6, 356), and mentioned in Mahā-Vyutpatti, 65, 84. In the Kanjur, the Kāraṇḍa-Vyūha and the Ratna-Kāraṇḍa are, two different works, s. \*Csoma de Kőrös\* in AMG II, 243, 246.

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## Cites (4)

- [Mahāvyutpatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vidya.mahavyutpatti.65) — Sanskrit
- [Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vaipulya.karandavyuha) — Sanskrit
- [Śikṣāsamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.santideva.siksasamuccaya) — Śāntideva, Sanskrit
- [Ratnakāraṇḍasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.ratnakarandasutra) — Sanskrit

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