A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.117
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.117
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¹ On Tārā-Tantra and Tārā-Rahasya, s. Haraprasāda Śāstrī, Notes of Sanskrit MSS., 2nd Series, I, 1900, pp. xxix f., xxxii f. Thus the cult of Mañjuśrī was taken from India to China, but became so popular there, that people in India said Mañjuśrī lived in China, and his cult was then again taken from China to Nepal. I-tsing (Record, transl. by J. *Takakusu*, p. 169) calls attention to an Indian book, probably a Tantra, in which China is praised because it is the home of Mañjuśrī. Cf. *La Vallée Poussin* in ERE VIII, 405 f.