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The Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies from the Divyavadana (Clay Sanskrit Library)
Joel Tatelman
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Description for The Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies from the Divyavadana (Clay Sanskrit Library)
Hardcover. Early biographies collected in one volume of the Sanskrit Libraries, a series of bi-lingual edition classics. Translator(s): Tatelman, Joel. Series: Clay Sanskrit Library. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 117 x 21. Weight in Grams: 295.
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 Divyavadana. 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 Divyavadana, or Heavenly Exploits. Where religion meets the world, these tales present something for everyone. ... Read more
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 Divyavadana. 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 Divyavadana, or Heavenly Exploits. Where religion meets the world, these tales present something for everyone. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Series
Clay Sanskrit Library
Condition
New
Weight
295g
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814782880
SKU
V9780814782880
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The Clay Sanskrit Library represents one of the most admirable publishing projects now afoot. . . . Anyone who loves the look and feel and heft of books will delight in these elegant little volumes. -New Criterion Published in the geek-chic format. -BookForum The books line up on my shelf ... Read more