The History of Buddhism in India and Tibet (2 Vols.)

by Bu. Ston, E.Obermiller

The present volume contains the translation of the 2nd part of Buton's History of Buddhism, i.e. of the historical part proper. The latter begins with the Life of the Buddha and ends with an account of the work carried out by the Tibetan Lotsavas and Indian pandits of Buton's own period and immediately before him (XII and XIII Cent.), viz. the translation of the Buddhist kanonical texts and exegetical treatises from the Sanskrit. We have here, just as in the 1st Part, numerous quotations from both sutra and castra. Owing to this it becomes possible to get a clear aspect of the principal sources from which Buton has compiled his History, and which have likewise later on served as a basis for the work of Taranatha.