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History of Buddhism (Chos-ḥbyung) By Bu-Ston. Part I: The Jewelry of Scripture, Translated From Tibetan by DrE. Obermiller. Materialien zur Kunde des Buddhismus. Heft 18. 10 × 6½, pp. 188. Heidelberg. In Kommission bei O. Harrassowitz, Leipzig. 1931. - Cūlavaṃsa, being the more recent part of the Mahāvaṃsa. Part II. Translated by W. Geiger, and from the German into English by MrsC. Mabel Rickmers. Pali Text Society, Translation Series, No. 20. 9 × 6, pp. xxxiv + 366. London: Oxford University Press, 1930. 10s. - The Path of Purity, being a translation of Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga. By Pe Maung Tin. Part III. of Understanding. With an Epilogue by MrsRhys Davids. Pali Text Society, Translation Series, No. 21. 9 × 6, pp. viii, 404. London: Oxford University Press, 1931. 10s.

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History of Buddhism (Chos-ḥbyung) By Bu-Ston. Part I: The Jewelry of Scripture, Translated From Tibetan by DrE. Obermiller. Materialien zur Kunde des Buddhismus. Heft 18. 10 × 6½, pp. 188. Heidelberg. In Kommission bei O. Harrassowitz, Leipzig. 1931.

Cūlavaṃsa, being the more recent part of the Mahāvaṃsa. Part II. Translated by W. Geiger, and from the German into English by MrsC. Mabel Rickmers. Pali Text Society, Translation Series, No. 20. 9 × 6, pp. xxxiv + 366. London: Oxford University Press, 1930. 10s.

The Path of Purity, being a translation of Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga. By Pe Maung Tin. Part III. of Understanding. With an Epilogue by MrsRhys Davids. Pali Text Society, Translation Series, No. 21. 9 × 6, pp. viii, 404. London: Oxford University Press, 1931. 10s.

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Information: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 63 , Issue 4 , October 1931 , pp. 948 - 950

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0035869X00073998 [Opens in a new window]
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History of Buddhism (Chos-ḥbyung) By Bu-Ston. Part I: The Jewelry of Scripture, Translated From Tibetan by DrE. Obermiller. Materialien zur Kunde des Buddhismus. Heft 18. 10 × 6½, pp. 188. Heidelberg. In Kommission bei O. Harrassowitz, Leipzig. 1931. - Cūlavaṃsa, being the more recent part of the Mahāvaṃsa. Part II. Translated by W. Geiger, and from the German into English by MrsC. Mabel Rickmers. Pali Text Society, Translation Series, No. 20. 9 × 6, pp. xxxiv + 366. London: Oxford University Press, 1930. 10s. - The Path of Purity, being a translation of Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga. By Pe Maung Tin. Part III. of Understanding. With an Epilogue by MrsRhys Davids. Pali Text Society, Translation Series, No. 21. 9 × 6, pp. viii, 404. London: Oxford University Press, 1931. 10s.

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