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'' of the

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. A

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translation of the text attributed to the

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school is included in the Chinese Buddhist Canon. This translation was completed by

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and Zhu Fonian in the Late

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, dated to 413 CE. This recension consists of 30 sūtras in contrast to the 34 suttas of the Dīgha Nikāya of the

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. The original

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text of the Dharmaguptaka recension is lost. However, in the 1990s, extensive fragments of a

Sarvastivadin The ''Sarvāstivāda'' (Sanskrit and Pali: 𑀲𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀤, ) was one of the early Buddhist schools established around the reign of Ashoka (3rd century BCE).Westerhoff, The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy ...

Sanskrit recension of the Dīrgha Āgama text were discovered.''Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE'' by

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. Oxford University Press, 2006 pg 356 Portions of the Sarvastivadin recension also survive in

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translation.

Translations

The Canonical Book of the Buddha's Lengthy Discourses, Vol. I (BDK America)

The Long Discourses (Dharma Pearls)

References

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