TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aśvaghoṣa.
AU  - Olivelle,Patrick
TI  - Life of the Buddha
T2  - The Clay Sanskrit library
SN  - 9780814762165 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - BQ1606.B8322 E54 2008
U1  - 294.3823 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press, JJC Foundation
KW  - Gautama Buddha
N1  - Poems; Includes bibliographical references and index; Sanskrit alphabetical order --; CSL conventions --; Canto 1; The Birth of the Lord --; Canto 2; Life in the Ladies' Chambers --; Canto 3; Becoming Dejected --; Canto 4; Rebuffing the Women --; Canto 5; The Departure --; Canto 6; Chandaka is Sent Back --; Canto 7; Entering the Ascetic Grove --; Canto 8; Lamenting in the Seraglio --; Canto 9; Search for the Prince --; Canto 10; Encounter with King Shrenya --; Canto 11; Condemnation of Passion --; Canto 12; The Meeting with Arada --; Canto 13; Victory over Mara --; Canto 14; The Awakening --; Sandhi grid
N2  - "The Buddhist monk Ashva-ghosha composed his elegant biographical and religious poem in the first or second century CE, probably in the city of Ayodhya. Importantly, this is the earliest extent text of the Sanskrit genre of "literature as a fine art" (kavya)." "Fourteen cantos take the reader from the birth of Siddhartha, the future Buddha, to his Awakening when he discovered the truths of Buddhism. The remainder of the composition, lost in the original Sanskrit, is here summarized from its Chinese and Tibetan translations. The most poignant scenes on the young prince's path to Awakening are the three occasions when he is confronted by the realities of human sickness, old age, and death, while at home he is continuously seduced by the transient charms of the women deployed by his father to keep him from the spiritual path." "A creative artist of the highest order, Ashva-ghosha's aim is not pure entertainment but deep instruction. His mission is to present the Buddha's teaching as itself the culmination of the Brahmanical tradition."--BOOK JACKET
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