atasattu, just as in a
book dealing with Greek and Latin mythology one might employ
both Herakles and Hercules. Also many Indian names such as
Ramayana, Krishna, nirvana have become Europeanized or at
least are familiar to all Europeans interested in Indian
literature. It seems pedantic to write them with their full
and accurate complement of accents and dots and my general
practice is to give such words in their accurate spelling
(Ramayana, etc.) when they are first mentioned and also in
the notes but usually to print them in their simpler and
unaccented forms. I fear however that my practice in this
matter is not entirely consistent since different parts of
the book were written at different times."

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS [From Volume 1]

The following are the principal abbreviations used:

Ep. Ind. Epigraphia India.

E.R.E. Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (edited by Hastings).

I.A. Indian Antiquary.

J.A. Journal Asiatique.

J.A.O.S. Journal of the American Oriental Society.

J.R.A.S. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

P.T.S. Pali Text Society.

S.B.E. Sacred Books of the East (Clarendon Press).

HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH

BY

SIR CHARLES ELIOT

In three volumes

VOLUME II

ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL LTD

Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane,

London, E.C.4.

_First published_ 1921
_Reprinted_ 1954
_Reprinted_ 1957
_Reprinted_ 1962

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY

LUND HUMPHRIES
LONDON - BRADFORD

CONTENTS

BOOK IV

THE MAHAYANA

CHAPTER

XVI. MAIN FEATURES OF THE MAHAYANA

XVII. BODHISATTVAS

XVIII. THE BUDDHAS or MAHAYANISM

XIX. MAHAYANIST METAPHYSICS

XX. MAHAYANIST SCRIPTURES

XXI. CHRONOLOGY OF THE MAHAYANA

XXII. FROM KANISHKA TO VASUBANDHU

XXIII. INDIAN BUDDHISM AS SEEN BY THE CHINESE PILGRIMS

XXIV. DECADENCE OF BUDDHISM