BOOK SUMMARY OF A MANUAL OF BUDDHISM FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS
Contents :
Chapter-1: How and When we came to Know
Earliest documentaries reference to the Buddha- Modern Interest in Ceylon-
Treaty of Amiens- R C Childers and T W Rhys Davids- Pali- J Prinsep and G
Turnour- Asokan Inscriptions- Buddhist origins, Indian- Palm-leaf MSS. of
Ceylon- Pali editions and V Fausboll- The works of Max Muller and the S B E- H
Oldenberg- The Pali Text Society- Problem of Derivation
Chapter-2: What it is we can Know
Pali and Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures- The written composition and the
Buddha-cult- The Pitakas- The Commentaries- The