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Buddhacarita in Praise of Buddha's Acts
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Aśvaghoṣa
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: BDK English Tripitaka

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The Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha's Acts is a complete biography of Sakyamuni, from his birth until after his death (parinirvana), when his relics were dist
The Life of Buddha
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Asvaghosha
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-04 - Publisher: Book Tree

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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
Acts of the Buddha
Language: en
Pages: 668
Authors: Aśvaghoṣa
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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The 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 earl
The Thousand and One Lives of the Buddha
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Bernard Faure
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-08-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Praise for the French edition “This is a book that should be read by all those who are interested, whether near or far, in Buddhism, its history and its inter
Historical Dictionary of Buddhism
Language: en
Pages: 419
Authors: Carl Olson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-15 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Moving beyond the original bodhi tree where the historical Buddha attained enlightenment, Buddhism spread throughout Asia and in more recent history has become