Reopening the Maitreya-files – Two almost identical early Maitreya sūtra translations in the Chinese Canon: Wrong attributions and text-historical entanglements

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SEYFORT RUEGG David
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JIABS
Journal of the International
Association of Buddhist Studies
Volume 31 Number 1–2 2008 (2010)