The Oral Transmission of Early Buddhist Literature

By Alexander Wynne

31 pages

Argues against an improvisational oral transmission and shows why we should think of the texts as having been recited verbatim

About: Early Buddhist Texts Early Indian Buddhism

Featured in the course, " The Buddha's Words."

Published in 2004 in The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies.

Bibtex Data

@article{wynne2004-oral-transmission,
    title={{T}he {O}ral {T}ransmission of {E}arly {B}uddhist {L}iterature},
    author={Alexander Wynne},
    year=2004,
    journal={The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies},
    volume=27,
    number=1,
    pages={97--127},
    keywords={ebts,indian,oral},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://www.academia.edu/9209691/The_Oral_Transmission_of_Early_Buddhist_Literature}
}

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