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Film, Video One Buddha, 15 Buddhas, 1,000 Buddhas

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Title

  • One Buddha, 15 Buddhas, 1,000 Buddhas

Summary

  • Richard Salomon discussed the Library's unique Buddhist birch-bark manuscript from the ancient region of Gandhara in modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. This text is one of the oldest Buddhist manuscripts ever discovered, dating from around the beginning of the Common Era. Salomon explained the manuscript's significance in Buddhist literature and history.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Asian Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2018-11-15.

Notes

  • -  Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion.
  • -  Richard G. Salomon.
  • -  Recorded on 2018-11-15.
  • -  Richard G. Salomon is emeritus professor of Sanskrit and Buddhist studies at the University of Washington in Seattle. In addition to being the director of the British Library and University of Washington's early Buddhist Manuscript Project, he is the author of many publications on early Buddhism. His most recent book is "Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara: An Introduction with Selected Translations."

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  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021692420

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Asian Division. One Buddha, 15 Buddhas, 1,000 Buddhas. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-15, 2018. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692420/.

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Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Asian Division, S. B. (2018) One Buddha, 15 Buddhas, 1,000 Buddhas. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-15. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692420/.

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Asian Division. One Buddha, 15 Buddhas, 1,000 Buddhas. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-15, 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021692420/>.