The Visit of the Sixteen Brahmin Ascetics in the Buddhist Art of Kucha: Visual Representations and Literary Sources

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 CEToM = A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller, https://cetom.univie.ac.at/ (accessed 8 August 2025).

 Cullaniddesa. Ed.: Stede (1918).

 Mahāvaṃsa. Ed.: Geiger (1908). English trans.: Geiger (1912).

 Paramatthajotikā II, 2 = Ed.: Smith (1917).

 Suttanipāta. Ed.: Andersen and Smith (1913). English trans.: Norman (2001), Bodhi (2017).

 T = Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新修大藏經 [Taishō Edition Tripiṭaka]. Ed.: Takakusu et al. (1924–1934).

 T 201 = Da zhuangyan lun jing 大莊嚴論經, Kumāralāta’s Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā (Nj. 1182, trans. Kumārajīva 鳩摩羅什 between 402–412 ce), ed. vol. 4, pp. 257a–348b. French trans.: Huber (1908).

 T 202 = Xianyu jing 賢愚經, *Damamūkanidānasūtra (Nj. 1322; compiled by Huijue 慧覺 et al. 445 ce), ed. vol. 4, pp. 349a–445a.

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