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... Sanskrit . The most significant development in this time was the growth of new indigenous schools that adapted Buddhism to Chi- nese ways of thinking . Most prominent were the syncretis- tic T'ien - t'ai school , which sought to embrace ...
... Sanskrit . The most significant development in this time was the growth of new indigenous schools that adapted Buddhism to Chi- nese ways of thinking . Most prominent were the syncretis- tic T'ien - t'ai school , which sought to embrace ...
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... Sanskrit works were trans- lated with the help of visiting Indian pandits ; the earliest codifiers , classifiers , biographers , and historians appeared . In an outburst of monastic building , the characteristic Tibetan style acquired ...
... Sanskrit works were trans- lated with the help of visiting Indian pandits ; the earliest codifiers , classifiers , biographers , and historians appeared . In an outburst of monastic building , the characteristic Tibetan style acquired ...
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... ( Sanskrit : " world ages " ) , symbolized by the four throws of a dice game , also are viewed as descending - though in repetitive cycles - from perfection to moral chaos . Other original schematizations of this theme can be found in the ...
... ( Sanskrit : " world ages " ) , symbolized by the four throws of a dice game , also are viewed as descending - though in repetitive cycles - from perfection to moral chaos . Other original schematizations of this theme can be found in the ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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