[Buddha-l] Sanskrit speaking Buddha

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 09:58 -0800, Blumenthal, James wrote:

> I think it would be more accurate to say there is every reason to
> believe the Buddha did NOT teach in Sanskrit.

In this, as in most things having to do with the history of Buddhism, I
suffer from an appalling ignorance. Could you (or someone else) quickly
outline what the state of the evidence on this topic is?

-- 
Richard Hayes
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