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Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts

Sacred Books of the East, vol. 49

Translated by E. B. Cowell

Translated by F. Max Müller

Translated by J. Takakusu

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1894

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A volume of Mahāyāna texts: Aśvaghoṣa’s life of the Buddha, the Buddhacarita (Cowell); the Pure Land sūtras; and Müller’s translations of the Diamond Sūtra (Vajracchedikā) and the Heart Sūtra, the classic short texts of the Perfection of Wisdom.

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Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts: Sacred Books of the East, vol. 49. Translated by E. B. Cowell, F. Max Müller and J. Takakusu. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1894.

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@misc{sources-mahayana-texts-sbe49,
  title = {{Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/mahayana-texts-sbe49}
}