Title: The Translation of Buddhist Literature and the Emergence of the Chinese term“”(prose)
Abstract:This paper has made a textual research on the origin of the C hinese te rm “” in light of etymology, which shows that the word “” was firstl y us ed in the Buddhist translation in the Tang Dynasty. As...This paper has made a textual research on the origin of the C hinese te rm “” in light of etymology, which shows that the word “” was firstl y us ed in the Buddhist translation in the Tang Dynasty. As a literary form, Chinese “” is equivalent to Buddhist term Sūtra, which is usually the opposite of Gāthā and Geya in the Buddhist scriptures.Read More
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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