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| The Life of the Buddha | ||
| 作者 | Ashvaghosha ; Olivelle, Patrick |
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| 出版日期 | 2008.05 |
| 頁次 | 450 |
| 出版者 | New York University Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.nyupress.org |
| 出版地 | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation |
| 摘要 | The Buddhist monk Ashva·ghosha composed Life of the Buddha in the first or second century CE probably in Ayódhya. This is the earliest surviving text of the Sanskrit literary genre called kavya and probably provided models for Kali·dasa's more famous works. The most poignant scenes on the path to his Awakening are when the young prince Siddhártha, the future Buddha, is confronted by the reality of sickness, old age, and death, while seduced by the charms of the women employed to keep him at home. A poet of the highest order, Ashva·ghosha's aim is not entertainment but instruction, presenting the Buddha's teaching as the culmination of the Brahmanical tradition. His wonderful descriptions of the bodies of courtesans are ultimately meant to show the transience of beauty. |
| ISBN | 9780814762165 (hc); 0814762166 (hc) |
| 點閱次數 | 1089 |
| 建檔日期 | 2008.06.06 |
| 更新日期 | 2011.12.30 |
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