Hi

There are of course several vinayas in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese - not
all of which have been well researched yet and some which have been lost or
partially lost. I am not sure of the definitive answer to your question but
hopefully I will soon be able to get closer to one.

On your second question, the two works which immediately spring to mind are
Tsukomoto's A History of Early Chinese Buddhism and Zurcher's Buddhist
Conquest of China

But there is a huge literature on special topics (for example Peter
Gregory's Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism and Sato's Studies on
the Precepts of Chinese Buddhism). There was also a thesis done by Tso
Sze-Bong on the development of Chinese Vinayas which may be worth a look
(ANU1982)

Cheers

Robert Didham

>From: Kumaara Bhikkhu <venkumara@...>
>Reply-To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Pali] Does the Mahayana Vinaya text contain the Maha- and
>Cullavagga?
>Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:27:06 +0800
>
>Dear all,
>
>Wonder if anyone can tell me this:
>While we can find among the Mayahana texts a Pratimoksha that is not far
>too different from that of the Pali Patimokkha, is there any Mahayana
>equivalent of the Mahavagga and Cullavagga of the Pali Vinaya Pitaka?
>
>Also, I'd appreciate any recommendation of a good book on the history of
>Buddhism in China. I'm particularly interested in the introduction Buddhism
>there and how certain ideas and practices evolved.
>
>Thank you.
>
>peace
>
>Ven Kum�ra
>

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