The historical value of the Pāali discourses

Indo-Iranian Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-253

  Analayo, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

early Buddhism; P li commentaries; P li discourses; transmission of Buddhist scripture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864462426     PISSN: 00197246     EISSN: 15728536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/001972412X620187     Document Type: Review

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