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    Buddhacharita (redirect from Buddhacarita)
    translation of the Chinese version PDF (17,7 MB) E. H. Johnston, trans. The Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha. Lahore, 1936. 2 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit...
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    parinirvāṇa is also described in a number of later works, such as the Sanskrit Buddhacarita and the Avadāna-śataka, and the Pāli Mahāvaṃsa. According to Bareau,...
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    classical Sanskrit. The monk I-tsing (Yijing) mentioned that in his time Buddhacarita was "...extensively read in all the five parts of India and in the countries...
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    www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 9 February 2023. see: Ajitasenavyākaraṇa, Buddhacarita, see: Ratnāvalī, Kāraṇḍavyūha, Maṃjuśrīpārājikā Conze, Edward. Perfect...
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    later date. These include the Buddhacarita, Lalitavistara Sūtra, Mahāvastu, and the Nidānakathā. Of these, the Buddhacarita is the earliest full biography...
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  • the Theravada Buddhist tradition, and early biographies such as the Buddhacarita, the Lokottaravādin Mahāvastu, the Sarvāstivādin Lalitavistara Sūtra...
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    Buddhist playwright, poet and philosopher Asvaghosa, who composed the Buddhacarita, is considered to have been one of the first Sanskrit dramatists along...
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  • lived in the 1st-2nd century. He wrote a biography of the Buddha, titled Buddhacarita. His second epic is called Saundarananda and tells the story of the conversion...
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    Buddhist texts, upon reaching Buddhahood each Buddha performs various acts (buddhacarita) during his life to complete his duty as a Buddha. The Mahayana tradition...
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  • CE: proto-Samkhya speculations, as found in the middle Upanishads, the Buddhacarita, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Mahabharata 1st-10th c. CE: classical Samkhya...
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    as is the case with Hindu and Jain texts. For example, Asvaghosha's Buddhacarita in different sections refers to Indra with terms such as "the thousand...
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    of the earliest Sanskrit poets with surviving Kāvya literature. His Buddhacarita (Acts of the Buddha) calls itself a mahākāvya and was influential enough...
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    classical literature of early 1st-millennium CE such as Asvagosha's Buddhacarita (c. 100 CE). An older reference to the synonymous term salastri – woman...
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  • Rajasekhara, Pracanda Pandava Damodar Misra, Hanumananataka Asvaghosa Buddhacarita Saudarananda Vimala Suri, Pauma cariya Pravarasena, Setubandha Silacharya...
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  • Buddha, says Sameer Dharmadhikari aka Suddhodana Acting is first rated. Buddhacarita Amrapali Aamrapali, television series Chanakya Chanakya, television series...
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    Achilleid by Statius (Roman poet, Greek mythology; latter poem incomplete) Buddhacarita by Aśvaghoṣa (Indian epic poetry) Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi...
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    the Buddhist poet and philosopher Aśvaghoṣa (c. 80 – c. 150 CE). His Buddhacarita (Acts of the Buddha) was influential enough to be translated into both...
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    considers it the "most perfect epic available to us", over Aśvaghoṣa's Buddhacarita, noting its greater force of expression, with more concentration and...
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  • Sūtras Anandavardhana Dhvanyaloka Ashtavakra Ashtavakra Gita Aśvaghoṣa Buddhacarita Avvaiyar Purananuru Badarayana Brahma Sutras Bāṇabhaṭṭa Harshacharita...
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    several historic texts like Lalitavistara, the Abiniskramana sutra, the Buddhacarita, the Mahavastu and the Mülasarvastivada Vinaya. One of the texts says...
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  • the 8th/7th c. BCE onwards, as evidenced in the middle Upanishads, the Buddhacarita, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Moksadharma-section of the Mahabharata. It...
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  • as well as works of kavya in the ornate classical style such as the Buddhacarita. The terms "Buddhist Hybrid Chinese" and "Buddhist Hybrid English" have...
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    Dharmaguptaka Abhiniṣkramaṇa Sūtra. One of the most famous of biographies is the Buddhacarita, an epic poem in Classical Sanskrit by Aśvaghoṣa. Aśvaghoṣa also wrote...
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  • Warder, A.K. (2000). Indian Buddhism. Willemen, Charles, trans. (2009), Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha's Acts, Berkeley, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation...
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  • literature 107 but this is uncertain) to a tallakshana (1053 then). Buddhacarita Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta Miraculous births The indigenous term Mantranaya...
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    texts. Sanskrit texts that deal with the life of the Buddha are the Buddhacarita by Aśvaghoṣa (c. 80 – c. 150 CE), the Mahāvastu from the Lokottaravādins...
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    some musical notation). Musical references are also quite common in the Buddhacarita, which indicates the author was knowledgeable about Indian music, its...
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  • there was no need for any other light in the assembly." In the c. 100 CE Buddhacarita, the city of Kapila is said to have gems so bright "that darkness like...
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  • dates back to an early time. One early epic work in this style is the Buddhacarita by Aśvaghoṣa (2nd century CE). Only the first half of this survives in...
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    repeating the same story, and with little attempt to create literary unity. Buddhacarita (“Life of the Buddha”) by Aśvaghoṣa. This is a sophisticated and polished...
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