The Oral Transmission of Early Buddhist Literature

By Alexander Wynne

Argues against an improvisational oral transmission and shows why we should think of the texts as having been recited verbatim

Published in 2004 in The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies.

Recommended for those who have a keen interest in The Early Buddhist Texts. See all of our tags here.

Featured in the course, " The Early Buddhist Texts."

Bibtex Info

@article{wynne2004-oral-transmission,
    author={Alexander Wynne},
    url={https://www.academia.edu/9209691/The_Oral_Transmission_of_Early_Buddhist_Literature},
    year=2004,
    journal={The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies},
    volume=27,
    number=1,
    keywords={ebts, indian, oral},
    title={{T}he {O}ral {T}ransmission of {E}arly {B}uddhist {L}iterature}
}