Abhiniskramana Sutra

Glossary

A treatise on the life of the Buddha, it retells, among other episodes, how he left his palace to lead the life of an ascetic and his journey thereafter. It was translated into Chinese in the sixth century CE by Jnanagupta, a Buddhist monk from Gandhara.

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Abhiniskramana Sutra%newline%A treatise on the life of the Buddha, it retells, among other episodes, how he left his palace to lead the life of an ascetic and his journey thereafter. It was translated into Chinese in the sixth century CE by Jnanagupta, a Buddhist monk from Gandhara.

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