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Features editions and studies of five fragmentary scrolls containing collections of avadanas, or edifying stories. This title presents manuscript fragments that comprise twenty-one avadanas that briefly summarize stories, typically furnishing no more than a title, identification of the main character, and minimal reference to the plot.

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"These schematic stories are fascinating puzzles, rough drafts for Buddhist literature to come, and Lenz is an excellent guide for making sense of them."

-- Andy Rotman * Religious Studies Review *

Gandharan Avadanas

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    Publisher: University of Washington Press
    Publication Date: 15/01/2010
    ISBN13: 9780295990132, 978-0295990132
    ISBN10: 0295990139
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Features editions and studies of five fragmentary scrolls containing collections of avadanas, or edifying stories. This title presents manuscript fragments that comprise twenty-one avadanas that briefly summarize stories, typically furnishing no more than a title, identification of the main character, and minimal reference to the plot.

    Trade Review

    "These schematic stories are fascinating puzzles, rough drafts for Buddhist literature to come, and Lenz is an excellent guide for making sense of them."

    -- Andy Rotman * Religious Studies Review *

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