Foreword.........................................................................................................................................vii
Abbreviations...................................................................................................................................ix
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................xi
I Buddhism and Philology............................................................................................................1
II Buddhism and its Origins.........................................................................................................21
III Buddhism and Oral Tradition.................................................................................................41
IV Buddhism and Regional Dialects............................................................................................59
V Buddhism and Writing.............................................................................................................77
VI Buddhism and Sanskritisation................................................................................................95
VII Buddhism and Aśoka.............................................................................................................113
VIII Buddhism and Canonicity..................................................................................................131
IX Buddhism and the Commentarial Tradition.........................................................................149
X Buddhism and Philology.......................................................................................................167
Word Index...................................................................................................................................185
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