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    Why Did the Buddhists Adopt Sanskrit?
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        Vincent Eltschinger
        
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                                September 2, 2017
                            
                        
                    
                
            
  Revised: 2017-2-16
 
 
  Accepted: 2017-2-7
 
 
  Published Online: 2017-9-2
 
 
  Published in Print: 2017-8-28
 
© 2017
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Keywords for this article
                        
                            Buddhism;
                        
                            Sanskrit;
                        
                            Indic grammar;
                        
                            Sarvāstivāda;
                        
                            Buddhist sociolinguistic attitudes;
                        
                            Hieroglossy;
                        
                            Proselytism;
                        
                            Debate
                        
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