• The Ajitasena-vyakarana-nirdesa sutra ("Explanation of prophecy [for king] Ajitasena") is a 'proto-Mahayana' sutra, found near Gilgit in 1931. The manuscript...
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    following is a list of some well known Mahāyāna sutras which have been studied by modern scholarship: Ajitasena Sutra – A "proto-Mahāyāna" text, possibly one...
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    Mahayana texts mentioning Amitabha include the Ajitasena Sutra, Samādhirāja Sūtra and Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra. The appearance of such literature and sculptural...
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    As noted by Paul Williams, earlier Mahāyāna sutras like the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra and the Ajitasena sutra do not present any antagonism towards the hearers...
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    Paul Williams also writes that earlier Mahāyāna sūtras like the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra and the Ajitasena sutra do not present any antagonism towards the hearers...
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    recitation of Namo Shakyamuni Buddha. Some Mahayana sutras, like the Ajitasena sutra and the Medicine Guru Sutra, indicate that "hearing" and "preserving" the...
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    Tathāgataguhyaka (Secrets of the Tathagata) Ajitasena Sūtra (Ajitasenavyākaraṇam) Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna sūtra (True-dharma establishing of mindfulness)...
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    pilgrimage for Jainism. He was a devotee of the Jain Acharya Nemichandra and Ajitasena Bhattaraka and was an influential person during the reigns of Marasimha...
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