The Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies From The Divyavadna (The Clay Sanskrit Library)
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The Clay Sanskrit Library will consist of 100 major works of classical literature.
Each book in the Clay Sanskrit Library is published in the original Sanskrit, in Roman script, on the left-hand page, and in English translation on the right. Twenty-seven leading scholars from eight countries are cooperating to produce fresh new translations that combine readability and accuracy.
The projected list of Clay Sanskrit Library volumes will include all books of the two Indian epics: the Ramáyana and the Maha•bhárata, as well as a rich selection of classical Indian literature (Kavya). Each book will be published in a jacketed hardcover edition, in a compact 4.5" x 6.5" format, designed to bring the great literature of India to the general public, scholars, and students.
Richard F. Gombrich is the Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University and the author of On Being Sanskritic and The Perfect Generosity of Prince Vessantara.
The Heavenly Exploits Buddhist Biographies from the Dívyavadána Edited and translated by Joel Tatelman
The Heavenly Exploits are "Buddhist Biographies from the Dívyavadána." The worldly face of religious literature, these lively morality tales have inspired audiences across Asia for more than two millennia. This volume contains four of the thirty-eight Buddhist biographical stories in the "Dívyavadána," or Heavenly Exploits. Where religion meets the world, these tales present something for everyone.
This selection of religious biographies from the early centuries C.E. offers a delightful introduction to a literary genre that has played an essential part in Buddhist self-understanding for over two thousand years.
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The Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies From The Divyavadna (The Clay Sanskrit Library),Joel Tatelman,New York University Press,0814782884,Ancient, Classical & Medieval,Biography / Autobiography,Literary Collections,Literature: Classics,Religious
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