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Life of the Buddha (Clay Sanskrit Library) (Hardback)(English / Sanskrit)
$21.31 - Save $2.37 (10%) - RRP $23.68 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Life of the BuddhaPresents the Buddha's teaching as the culmination of the Brahmanical tradition
Full description- Publisher: New York University Press
- Published: 15 April 2008
- Format: Hardback 450 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Anthologies (non-poetry) | Buddhism | Religious & Spiritual Leaders
- ISBN 13: 9780814762165 ISBN 10: 0814762166
- Sales rank: 154,553
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Full description for Life of the Buddha
The Clay Sanskrit Library has recently set out to change the scene by making available well-translated dual-language (English and Sanskrit) editions of popular Sanskritic texts for the public. The Buddhist monk Ashva*ghosha composed Life of the Buddha in the first or second century CE probably in Ayodhya. This is the earliest surviving text of the Sanskrit literary genre called kavya and probably provided models for Kali*dasa's more famous works. The most poignant scenes on the path to his Awakening are when the young prince Siddhartha, the future Buddha, is confronted by the reality of sickness, old age, and death, while seduced by the charms of the women employed to keep him at home. A poet of the highest order, Ashva*ghosha's aim is not entertainment but instruction, presenting the Buddha's teaching as the culmination of the Brahmanical tradition. His wonderful descriptions of the bodies of courtesans are ultimately meant to show the transience of beauty. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
