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Praise and Devotion
Gandhari devotional verses and praises of the Buddha and Sakyamuni.
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Texts
Praise of Sakyamuni — BC 8A five-verse hymn of praise to the Buddha Śākyamuni, composed in Gandhāri Prakrit in the Vasantatilakā meter. From the Bajaur Collection of Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts, dating to the 1st–2nd century CE. One of the earliest surviving Buddhist praise-poems from Greater Gandhāra.Praise of the Buddha — BL 5CA fragmentary hymn of praise to the Buddha in Gandhāri Prakrit, composed in the Sragdharā meter. From the British Library Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts, dating to the 1st–2nd century CE. Celebrates the Buddha's stūpas, radiance, and teaching — one of the earliest Buddhist praise-poems from Gandhāra.