Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c5.s2.t3.11

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Closely connected with the Pāramitās are the Jātakas and the Avadānas, and consequently the Bharaut and Sanchi sculptures. All the three schools put forth their best efforts in propaganda, but it is still an open question as to which of the three schools inspired the origin of the famous stone monuments. Attempts have been made by many scholars ² to identify the sculptural representations of Jātakas, and many have been traced in the Jātakaṭṭhavaṇṇanā, but still the identifications are not all beyond doubt, and it is not improbable that a better elucidation of these sculptures will be found in the huge literature of Avadānas which are still in manuscript.