china mah na great vehicle refers forms buddhism consider mah na sutras authoritative scriptures accurate rendering buddha 's words ref name karlpotter p ref traditions liberal form buddhism allowing different new interpretations emerged time ref name chengp ref focus mah na path bodhisattva ''bodhisattvay na'' though path means interpreted many different ways first mah na texts date sometime st century bce st century ce remained minority movement time guptas palas great mah na
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