Asvaghosa's Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha by Asvaghosa: Complete Sanskrit Text with English Translation

Asvaghosa's Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha by Asvaghosa: Complete Sanskrit Text with English TranslationThe Buddhacarita is the most famous work of Asvaghosa, the well known Buddhist poet philosopher supposed to have been a contemporary of King Kaniska of the early 2nd century a. c. Of the twenty eight cantos of the epic poem a little less than half is now available in the original, but complete translations in Chinese and Tibetan have been preserved. This edition consists of three parts. The first part contains the Sanskrit text and the second the

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Every chapter provides learning objectives

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critical history of Tamil oral and written verbal art

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It is a work of unusual breadth and depth that will attract readers in religious studies

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My original translation has evidently been helpful and encouraged further research

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