The Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies from the Divyavadana
(Part of the Clay Sanskrit Library Series)
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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. 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 "Dívyávadana," or Heavenly Exploits. Where religion meets the world, these tales present something for everyone. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0814782884
ISBN13:9780814782880
Release Date:February 2005
Publisher:Clay Sanskrit
Length:444 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 4.3" x 6.5"
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