Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c9.9

c9.9

⁴ In the Cambridge University Library there is a Ms. entitled *Bodhisattva Prātimokṣa Sūtra* procured by Bendall from Nepal. Through the kind intervention of Dr. E. J. Thomas I have been able to secure a rotograph copy of the same. It is a small work covering ten leaves. The title of the Ms. suggests that it should correspond to the Chinese texts Nos. 1500, 1501 of the Taisho edition of the Tripitaka (Nanjio, Nos. 1096, 1098) but on collation I find that there is absolutely no agreement. It, however, agrees very closely with the Chinese text No. 1499 (of the Taisho ed. vol. 24—Nanjio, 1097). The Sanskrit restoration from the Chinese title 菩薩戒羊曷磨