Aśvaghoṣa's Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha, in Three Parts [New Enlarged] 0895811286


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Table of contents :
Part I: Sanskrit Text
Preface
Abbreviations
Contents
Canto 1
Canto 2
Canto 3
Canto 4
Canto 5
Canto 6
Canto 7
Canto 8
Canto 9
Canto 10
Canto 11
Canto 12
Canto 13
Canto 14
Appendix: The Buddhacarita and the Fo pen hsing chi ching
Part II: English Translation (Cantos 1-14)
Foreword
Abbreviations
Contents
Introduction
1. Birth of the Holy One
2. Life in the Palace
3. The Prince's Perturbation
4. The Women Rejected
5. Flight
6. The Dismissal of Chandaka
7. Entry into the Penance Grove
8. Lamentations in the Palace
9. The Deputation to the Prince
10. Śreṇya's Visit
11. The Passions Spurned
12. Visit to Arāḍa
13. Defeat of Māra
14. Enlightenment
Index
Addenda et Corrigenda
Part III: English Translation (15-28)
Contents
Preface
15. Turning the Wheel of the Law
16. Many Conversions
17. Conversion of the Great Disciples
18. The Instruction of Anāthapiṇḍada
19. The Meeting of Father and Son
20. Acceptance of the Jetavana
21. Progress of the Mission
22. The Visit to Amrapālī's Grove
23. Fixing the Factors of Bodily Life
24. Compassion for the Licchavis
25. The Journey to Nirvāṇa
26. The Mahāparinirvāṇa
27. Eulogy of Nirvāṇa
28. The Division of the Relics
Index of Proper Names
Addenda

Aśvaghoṣa's Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha, in Three Parts [New Enlarged]
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