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The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom

With the Divisions of the Abhisamayalankara

Edward Conze translator Edward Conze editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:1st Jul '92

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The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom cover

Some 2000 years ago Buddhism experienced a major reformation through a movement called the Mahayana, or "Great Vehicle," which dominated religious through in much of Asia for many centuries and still exerts considerable influence. The basic Mahayana texts, sermons ascribed to the Buddha and called "sutras" in Sanskrit, discussed the "perfect wisdom." The "Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom" took shape between 50 and 2000 A.D. in southern India during one of the most momentous outbursts of religious creativity in human history.

ISBN: 9780520053212

Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 46mm

Weight: 771g

697 pages