Reprint. Originally pub.: 1998.rnrnIncludes bibliographical references and index.rnrnTranslated from the Pali.
List of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgmentsGandharan Buddhist Texts: Series IntroductionList of AbbreviationsPART 1: INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS1.The Rhinoceros Sutra2. The Text of Gandhari Rhino…
This presents the rare first and the oldest surviving MSS, written on birch-bark in Kharoshi script and Prakrit dialect, of Dharmapada, a narration of Buddha's actual utterance that constitute his …
The Dhammapada is the most widely read Buddhist scripture in existence, enjoyed by both Buddhists and non-Buddhists. This classic text of teaching verses from the earliest period of Buddhism in Ind…
Previous ed.: 1994.rnIncludes bibliographical references.
One of the best loved and most hallowed and historic Buddhist shrines in Sri Lanka, the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihatraya is a unique treasure of epic Buddhist art of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twen…
Stories of previous emanations (jatakas) of Gautama Buddha
In this provocative study of a very early Buddhist text (the Atthakavagga) and two Theravada commentaries on it, Grace G. Burford highlights the significant differences between the Atthakavagga tea…
The Dhammapada: one of three new editions of the books in Eknath Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality series ''As irrigators guide water to their fields, as archers aim arrows, as carpenters …