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The University of Nalanda c21: Appendix B. Tāntrism and Provincial Vernaculars

The University of Nālandā c21

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Appendix B. Tāntrism and Provincial Vernaculars

c21.2

We said on p. 177 that Tāntrism encouraged the development of provincial vernaculars. Now Mahāpandita Rahula Sānkrityāyana has recovered personal biographies of Siddhas who flourished in Magadha, and from a study of their lives he has shown that many of the vernacular works were written at Nālandā. His article on these Siddhas is being published in the *Journal Asiatique*.¹

c21.3

¹ Jayaswal, Address, Seventh Indian Oriental Conference Baroda, p. 15.