Aśvaghoṣa's Gold
Author : Mike Cross
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 2015
Category :
ISBN : 1326520474
The Life of Buddha
Author : Asvaghosha
Publisher : Book Tree
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 29,7 MB
Release : 2003-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781585092338
Book Description
Originally written in the First Century, A.D. by Asvaghosha. This may be the oldest known story of the complete life of Buddha, having been written in the first century AD. The author was an educated ecclesiastic Buddhist who traveled throughout India collecting stories and traditions relating to the Buddhas life. He was a famous preacher and musician who then wove them into a Sanskrit poem which he performed musically during his travels. The people of India delighted in this magical tale whenever it was performed with the choir of musicians who traveled with him. It holds many facts that other biographies or stories of the Buddha dont have, which makes this work so important. The entire epic is preserved in this rare book, long out of print, which may have otherwise been lost to the western world.
Aśvaghoṣa and His Times
Author : Sarla Khosla
Publisher :
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 49,38 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
This Book Is On The Historical Contribution Of Asvaghosa Ie. His Two Kavyas Saundarananda And `Buddhacarita. It Claims To Fill The Gap Between The Mauryan And The Gupta Period Which The Historians Earlier Used To Skip Due To Lock Of Source Material. It Not Only Throws Light On The Political Social And Religions Life Of The Time But Also Records Link With Arthasastra. An Added Value Is The Points Of Agreement And Disagreement With Mahavastu, Lalitavistava And Jataka Stories.
A Metaphorical Study of Saundarananda
Author : Linda Covill
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 24,96 MB
Release : 2009
Category :
ISBN : 9788120833678
Book Description
Study on Saundarānanda of Aśvaghoṣa, narrative poem on the teachings of Gautama Buddha to his disciple Ananda.
Da cheng qi xing lun xiao zhu
Author : Aśvaghoṣa
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 30,84 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Buddha and Buddhism
ISBN :
Book Description
Handsome Nanda
Author :
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1479820415
Book Description
Nanda has it all: youth, money, good looks and a kittenish wife who fulfills his sexual and emotional needs. He also has the Buddha, a dispassionate man of immense insight and self-containment, for an older brother. When Nanda is made a reluctant recruit to the Buddha's order of monks, he is forced to confront his all-too-human enslavement to his erotic and romantic desires. Dating from the second century CE, Ashva·ghosha’s Handsome Nanda portrays its hero’s spiritual makeover with compassion, psychological profundity, and great poetic skill. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org
The Sacred Books of the East: Asvaghosa. The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king
Author : Friedrich Max Müller
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 37,60 MB
Release : 1966
Category : English literature
ISBN :
Book Description
Yasodharā, the Wife of the Bōdhisattva
Author :
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438428375
Book Description
What about Buddha's wife? We all know that Prince Siddhartha left his wife and infant son to begin his journey to enlightenment. The Pali canon does not mention the woman he left behind. Yasodharā enters the commentarial tradition around the first century CE and lives on in the folk tradition, growing from a shadowy figure to a nun and arahat (an Enlightened One), even gaining magical powers. In this book, Ranjini Obeyesekere offers a translation of two works from Sri Lanka on this intriguing figure. The Yasodharāvata (The Story of Yasodharā) is a folk poem, whose best-known verses are Yasodharā's lament over the departure of her husband. The Yasodharāpadānaya (The Sacred Biography of Yasodharā) is an account of Yasodharā as a nun capable of miracles, who has traveled through saṃsāra with the Bodhisattva, and who is praised by him. Obeyesekere places these works within their historical and literary context and provides a glossary of Buddhist terms.
Aśvaghoṣa's Buddhacarita
Author : Aśvaghoṣa
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 29,25 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Book Description
This work is my Ph. D. thesis. I have done a critical study of the Buddhacarita which is the most famous work amoungst works of Asvaghosa the Buddhist poet and philospher. Apart from the literary point of view, it has also importance from Various other points of view. This work has historical importance and it also gives a description about the life and activities of Gautama Buddha along with the buddhist philosophy. Besides, we may also know the socio-political and cultural history of the time. Therefore, I have made ceiical study of this work in critical and comparative lines and I hope, this book will be useful for students and researchers.l
Manu's Code of Law
Author : Patrick Olivelle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1142 pages
File Size : 48,93 MB
Release : 2004-12-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199771235
Book Description
Manu's Code of Law is one of the most important texts in the Sanskrit canon, indeed one of the most important surviving texts from any classical civilization. It paints an astoundingly detailed picture of ancient Indian life-covering everything from the constitution of the king's cabinet to the price of a ferry trip for a pregnant woman-and its doctrines have been central to Indian thought and practice for 2000 years. Despite its importance, however, until now no one has produced a critical edition of this text. As a result, for centuries scholars have been forced to accept clearly inferior editions of Sanskrit texts and to use those unreliable editions as the basis for constructing the history of classical India. In this volume, Patrick Olivelle has assembled the critical text of Manu, including a critical apparatus containing all the significant manuscript variants, along with a reliable and readable translation, copious explanatory notes, and a comprehensive introduction on the structure, content, and socio-political context of the treatise. The result is an outstanding scholarly achievement that will be an essential tool for any serious student of India.
