Indian Buddhism Chaukhamba Orientalia In view of the inconsistencies

In view of the inconsistencies between some dates in the text and those recorded in the summaries

and where the translator does not feel secure

Language by its very nature neither objectifies nor subjectifies the status of reality

where the Vedic references are wanting

it appears that

Indian Buddhism Chaukhamba Orientalia In view of the inconsistenciesThis book describes the Buddhism of India on the basis of the comparison of all the available original sources in various languages. It falls into three approximately equal parts. The first is a reconstruction of the original Buddhism presupposed by the traditions of the different schools known to us. It uses primarily the established methods of textual criticism, drawing out of the oldest extant texts of the different schools their common Kernel.