A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s7.6
A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s7.6
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³ See above II, 167 ff.; 331 f.; Transl. p. 208 ff.; 509 f. "Geschichte des Buddhismus" of Tibetan Tārānātha too rests on Indian sources. He himself mentions a work, written in 2000 ślokas, of Paṇḍita Kṣemendrabhadra of Magadha, in addition to another work Buddhapurāṇa of Indradatta, besides an old biography of ācāryas, the work written by Brāhmaṇa Bhaṭaghaṭi, as the basis of his own work (Tārānātha, Geschichte des Buddhismus ... translated into German by A. Schiefner, p. 281). Historical documents are also the Paṭṭāvalis, the list of Jaina patriarchs, see above II, 331, transl. p. 509; and also Bhandarkar, Report 1883-1884, 14 f., 319 ff.