Question

Japanese philologist Nanjō Bun’yū made major contributions to the study of this system by translating the Saddharmapundarika (“sahd-dharma-poon-da-ree-kuh”) and Lankkavatara sutras from it. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this scholarly term coined by Franklin Edgerton to describe the suite of complex languages used to write many of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras.
ANSWER: Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit [or BHS; accept Mixed Sanskrit; prompt on Sanskrit or saṃskṛtam]
[10e] One of the oldest Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit texts is an anthology whose title prepends this prefix to “vastu.” This Sanskrit prefix, meaning “great,” precedes the word for “vehicle” in the name of one of the main schools of Buddhism.
ANSWER: mahā [accept Mahāyāna; accept Mahāvastu]
[10m] The Mahāvastu is considered a “historical preface” to this group of texts, one of the three “baskets” of the Tripiṭaka. This text deals with monastic rules and procedures for the Sangha.
ANSWER: Vinaya Piṭaka [prompt on discipline]
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