Maha·bhárata VII: Drona (volume one of four). Cantos 1-54

After Bhishma is cut down at the end of the previous book of the Maha·bhárata, the book which bears his name, Duryódhana selects Drona as leader of his forces. Drona accepts the honour with Bhis…

The Recognition of Shakúntala

The play Shakúntala was one of the first examples of Indian literature to be seen in Europe, first translated into English, and then into German. It attracted considerable attention (from Goethe, …

Maha·bhárata II: The Great Hall.

The ‘Great Hall’ is Book Two of the Maha·bhárata, one of India’s two national epics. This magnificent book relates some of the most seminal events of the epic, culminating in the famous gam…

Ramáyana V: Súndara

The fifth and most popular book of the Ramáyana of Valmíki, “Súndara” recounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hánuman in leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka. Once the…

Five Discourses on Worldly Wisdom

The king despairs of his idle sons, so he hires a learned brahmin who promises to make their lessons in statecraft unmissable. The lessons are disguised as short stories, featuring mainly animal pr…

Ramáyana III: The Forest

This is the third book of the seven books of India’s most beloved and influential epic tale—the Ramáyana of Valmíki. This third book carries forward the narrative by following the exiled hero…

Messenger Poems

Kali·dasa’s fifth-century CE “Cloud Messenger” is a beautiful and pure expression of an exiled lover’s love. That first messenger poem is imitated in the twelfth century in the “Wind Mes…

Rákshasa’s Ring

The final, benedictory stanza of this political drama may refer to Emperor Chandra Gupta II (r. c.376-415 CE). Other than this clue to the date of the author, all we know about him is that he came …

Maha·bhárata IX: Shalya (volume one of two). Cantos 1-29 Maha·bhárata I…

“The Book of Shalya” is the ninth book of the Maha·bhárata. It portrays, in grand epic style, the last day of the great battle between the Káuravas and the Pándavas, recounting in gory deta…

Ramáyana IV: Kishkíndha

After losing first his kingship and then his wife, Rama goes to the monkey capital of Kishkíndha to seek help in finding Sita, and meets Hánuman, the greatest of the monkey heroes. The brothers V…

Three Satires

Written over a period of nearly a thousand years, these works show three very different approaches to satire. Nila·kantha gets straight to the point: swindlers prey on stupidity. When asked …

Love Lyrics

Ámaru’s sophisticated seventh-century CE “Hundred Poems” are as much about the social aspects of courting, betrayal, feminine indignance and masculine self-pity as about sensuality. Bhartri�…

Ramáyana II: Ayódhya

In the great city of Ayódhya, the king decides to abdicate in favor of his beloved son Rama; but just as the celebrations reach their climax, a court intrigue involving one of the king’s junior …

Ramáyana I: Boyhood

Rama, the crown prince of the city of Ayódhya, is a model son and warrior. He is sent by his father the king to rescue a sage from persecution by demons, but must first kill a fearsome ogress. Tha…

The Birth of Kumára

This greatest of court epics describes events leading up to but not including the birth of Kumára (also known as Skanda or Karttikéya), the war god destined to defeat the demon Táraka. The god…

Much Ado About Religion

The play satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place in the politics of King Shánkara·varman (883-902). Jayánta’s strategy is to take a characteristic figure of the target religion …

Maha·bhárata III: The Forest (volume four of four)

Book Three of the great Indian epic the “Maha·bhárata,” ‘The Forest’ covers the twelve years of the Pándavas’ exile in the forest, a penalty imposed upon them by the Káuravas because …

Heavenly Exploits (Buddhist Biographies from the Dívyavadána).

The Dívyavadána, or “Heavenly Exploits,” is a collection of thirty-eight Buddhist biographical stories. The genre of narratives of an individual’s religiously significant deeds is as old as…

Research on the Ekottarika-Agama (Taisho 125) = 增壹阿含經(Taisho 125)�…

This volume contains the proceedings of a workshop on the Chinese translation of the Ekottarika-āgama, the Zengyi ahan jing (增壹阿含經), Taishō no. 125, held at Dharma Drum Buddhist College…

An early Chinese commentary on the Ekottarika-āgama: The Fenbie gongde lun �…

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9789575986377

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Dharma Drum Buddhist College Research Se­ries 7

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BQ 1287 .P36 2013