Are there Buddhist scriptures recorded in other languages besides Pali?

Publish Date:2023-08-02

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Yes, there is another system in Sanksrit. Buddhism falls into Southern and Northern traditations. The canon of the Southern tradition was recorded in Pali, and belongs to Hinayana Buddhism,


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 while the texts of the Northern tradition were in Sanksrit, mostly being of the Mahayana Shools, with a few being Hinayana. Pali was a popular spoken language in ancient India, while Sanksrit a refined one.


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