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| Once the Buddha Was a Monkey: Arya Sura's Jatakamala | ||
| 作者 | Arya Sura ; Khoroche, Peter |
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| 出版日期 | 1989.10.26 |
| 頁次 | 294 |
| 出版者 | University Of Chicago Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ |
| 出版地 | Chicago, IL, US [芝加哥, 伊利諾伊州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Translation of: Jatakamala |
| 關鍵詞 | 本生經=Jataka; 佛教人物=Buddhist; 佛教文學=Buddhist Literature; 法師=Master; 信心=Belief=Faith; 慈悲心=Compassion=Metta=Loving Kindness=Maitri; 福報=福田=功德=Virtue=Merit; 闍陀迦=本生=Jataka |
| 摘要 | Here is one of the most entertaining masterpieces of Sanskrit literature rendered in an English translation that fully captures the original's artistry and charm. Written most probably in the fourth century A.D., the Jatakamala is generally considered the masterpiece of Buddhist literature in Sanskrit. In elegant, courtly style, Arya Sura retells thirty-four traditional stories about the Buddha in his previous incarnations, human and animal. Whether as a king, a brahmin, a monkey, or a hare, the Great One is shown in assiduous pursuit of virtue and compassion. Though primarily intended as exemplary tales illustrating the Buddhist virtues, these stories also provide a vivid picture of life at a high point in ancient Indian culture—city life in ordinary households or at the royal court, and country life against a backdrop of mountain, desert, and jungle. Fresh study of the Sanskrit manuscripts, now scattered in libraries all over the world, has enabled Peter Khoroche to make this new translation faithful to the original in both style and content. His explanatory notes will assist student and general reader alike in appreciating this classic from an ancient and exotic civilization. |
| ISBN | 9780226780030 |
| 點閱次數 | 384 |
| 建檔日期 | 2006.03.14 |
| 更新日期 | 2008.02.13 |
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