KnowraSanskrit Buddhist literatureLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Sanskrit Buddhist literature, each with the reason it gives.All 9Related 6Narrower topic 2Compared with 1Sanskrit literatureRelated: Buddhist authors used Sanskrit to develop influential religious and literary works.Lotus SutraNarrower topic: The Lotus Sutra originated in an Indian Buddhist literary setting and survives in Sanskrit witnesses.Tibetan Buddhist canonRelated: Many works preserved in Tibetan survive only partly or not at all in Sanskrit.Mahayana sutrasRelated: Sanskrit manuscripts and translations document important stages of these sutras’ transmission.Buddhist chantingRelated: Sanskrit scriptures and formulas shaped chanting across several Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions.Sutta PiṭakaCompared with: It offers parallel textual traditions beyond the Sutta Piṭaka’s Pali transmission.Buddhist studiesRelated: Its surviving works illuminate traditions and intellectual histories beyond Pali sources.Decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinentRelated: The loss of Indian monasteries disrupted the settings that copied and taught many Sanskrit works.ŚāriputraNarrower topic: Many Mahayana sutras recast Śāriputra within a different textual and doctrinal setting.