The Aramaic source of the East Asian word for "Buddhist monastery"

Beckwith, Christopher I.
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Title The Aramaic source of the East Asian word for "Buddhist monastery" : on the spread of Central Asian monasticism in the Kushan period.
Host Item Journal Asiatique 302,1 (2014) 111-138
Language English
National Library system number 990005531300705171
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