Exploring Gandhāran Relic Rituals and Veneration II: Ritual Vignettes on Gandhāran Pedestal Reliefs

Abbreviations

CKI = Corpus of Kharoṣṭhī Inscriptions, see Catalog of Gāndhārī Texts, by Stefan Baums and Andrew Glass at https://gandhari.org/catalog (accessed 6 February 2025). 

GRAVE = Gandhāran Relic Rituals and Veneration Explored (UK Research and Innovation Horizon Europe Guarantee Project, Cardiff University, Reference: EP/Y031008/1). 

Skt. = Sanskrit.

T. = Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō. Ed.: Takakusu and Watanabe (1924–1934).

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