It has been evident for many years that no authoritative, reliable, and up-to-date reference work on Buddhism yet exists in any language. Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism aims to fill that gap. This volume surveys Buddhist literatures, both scriptural and nonscriptural, and offers discussions of the languages of Buddhist traditions and the physical bases (manuscripts and epigraphy, etc.) available for the study of such literature.
Tibetan Buddhist narratives comprise indigenous Tibetan ...