Buddhacarita

In Praise of Buddha’s Acts

by Charles Willemen | 77,962 words

Buddhacharita (of Bodhisattva Aśvaghoṣa) is an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by Aśvaghoṣa, composed in the 1st century CE....

BUDDHACARITA

IN PRAISE OF BUDDHA’S ACTS

Composed by

Bodhisattva Aśvaghoṣa

Translated by the Indian Tripiṭaka Master Tan Wuchen,[1]
during the Northern Liang

 

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

The translator, who produced the Chinese text, is actually Baoyun. See Translator’s Introduction.

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