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The Religious Career of Vairocanavajra – A Twelfth-Century Indian Buddhist Master from Daksina Kośala

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Schaeffer, K.R. The Religious Career of Vairocanavajra – A Twelfth-Century Indian Buddhist Master from Daksina Kośala. Journal of Indian Philosophy 28, 361–384 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004844115222

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