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VOL. XLIX

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BUDDHIST MAHAYANA TEXTS

PART II

THE LARGER SUKHAvATI-VYOhA THE SMALLER SUKHAVATI-VYOhA THE VA6^RAA'A'/^EDIKA THE LARGER PRA6'7V'A-PARAMITA-Hi?/DAYA-SCFTRA THE SMALLER pra6^a^A-pAramitA-h^/daya-sutra TRANSLATED BY F. MAX MULLER

THE amitAyur-dhyAna-sOtra TRANSLATED BV J. TAKAKUSU

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CONTENTS TO PART II.

PACE Introduction v Translated by F. Max Miiller. 1. The Larger SuKHAvATf-vvOHA i Index of Words 77 Index of Subjects 85 2. The Smaller SukhavatI-vyuha Sy Index of Names and Subjects 105 Index of Sanskrit Words 107 3. The Vagraa-a'//edika 109 4. The Larger Prac.va-pAramita-h/c/daya-sOtra . . . 145 5. The Smaller Pragaa-pAramita-h^/daya-sOtra . . -151 Index of Names and Subjects 155 Index of Sanskrit Words i57 Translated by J. Takakusu. 6. The Amitayur-dhyAna-sOtra '59 Index of Names and Subjects 203

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East ^06 a 2

INTRODUCTION.