Sanskrit shaped how Buddhism was written, taught, and carried across Asia.
On palm-leaf and birch-bark, scribes set traveling sutras.
From Gandhāra to Nālandā, a shared vocabulary formed—Dharma, Bodhisattva, Śūnyatā.
Language turned memory into manuscript, chant into doctrine.
Mahayana works in Buddhist Sanskrit reframed compassion and wisdom.
Along the Silk Road, translations bloomed; Sanskrit roots kept meanings precise.
Hold these pages, and you touch the engine of transmission.