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Sanskrit shaped how Buddhism was written, taught, and carried across Asia.

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On palm-leaf and birch-bark, scribes set traveling sutras.

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From Gandhāra to Nālandā, a shared vocabulary formed—Dharma, Bodhisattva, Śūnyatā.

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Language turned memory into manuscript, chant into doctrine.

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Mahayana works in Buddhist Sanskrit reframed compassion and wisdom.

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Along the Silk Road, translations bloomed; Sanskrit roots kept meanings precise.

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Hold these pages, and you touch the engine of transmission.