Whence the 8th Day of the 4th Lunar Month as the Buddha’s Birthday
Joseph Markowski
Round 1
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Reviewer 2 Report
Your paper is well written and presents its arguments convincingly in favour of distinguishing the date of the Buddha’s birth from that of his conception. This is a convincing attempt to solve the problem of the varying days accepted by the tradition for the Buddha’s birthday.
Please address the following points:
It is unhelpful to have your endnotes numbered with Roman numerals. Please change to Arabic numerals.
l.52: add ‘not’
ll.139-140: The Skt. seems incomplete when compared to the English translation just provided.
l.223: delete ‘of the Buddha’
l.235: nakṣatra >> add comma
l.306: Shakyamuni >> Śākyamuni
l.376: date of conception of the Buddha >> his date of conception (remove ‘of the Buddha’)
l.437: Does Xuanzang really use the term ‘Theravāda’?
l.472: understanding, >> understanding;
l.523: Vaiśākha >> add comma
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