[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana # Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana (Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna) Origin of Mahāyāna, Buddhology, bodhisattva and pāramitās, bhūmis, Mahāyāna metaphysics compared with Hīnayāna doctrine. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Nalinaksha Dutt](https://indike.org/pramana/person/dutt-n) - **Extent:** 2,279 passages, 120,810 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · London: Luzac 1930; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8 Flash · In copyright (Nalinaksha Dutt †1973); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c1) — 10 parts - [c2 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c2) — 11 parts - [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c3) — 17 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c4) — 3 parts - [c5 Chapter I. A Historical Survey of the Period of Transition from Hīnayāna to Mahāyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c5) — 9 parts - [c6 Chapter II. General Observations on the Relation between Hinayāna and Mahāyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c6) — 23 parts - [c7 Chapter III. The Doctrines of Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna Compared](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c7) — 5 parts - [c8 Chapter IV. The Stages of Spiritual Progress](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c8) — 19 parts - [c9 Chapter V. The Vinaya of the Mahāyānists](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c9) — 57 parts - [c10 Appendix. A Note on the Prajñāpāramitā](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c10) — 7 parts - [c11 Table of Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c11) — 3 parts - [c12 List of Pāli and Sanskrit Words](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c12) — 37 parts - [c13 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930.c13) — 190 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1930) · Pramāṇa