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Dated Chinese Manuscripts in the Stein Collection
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
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Soon after the rise of the T'ang dynasty, the Parinirvāna Sūtra seems to have lost its popularity, and in the second half of the seventh century its place is definitely taken by the Lotus Sūtra. Out of a total of fifty-six dated texts, no fewer than twenty-nine are sections of this work.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1935 , pp. 1 - 26
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