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''Buddhacharita'' (; ) is an
''The Buddha Carita or the Life of the Buddha''
Oxford, Clarendon 1894, reprint: New Delhi, 1977
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(14,8 MB) *Samuel Beal, trans. ''The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King''. Oxford, 1883
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(17,7 MB) *E. H. Johnston, trans. ''The Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha''. Lahore, 1936. 2 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English). Reprint: Delhi, Motilal Barnasidass 1978 *E. H. Johnston, trans. (1937), "The Buddha's Mission and last Journey: Buddhacarita, xv to xxviii", Acta Orientalia, 15: 26-62, 85-111, 231-292. *
Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha's Acts
Berkeley, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.
''Buddha Charitam''
Ajo-Vibho-Kandalam Publications, Hyderabad, 2018 *Bhavanath Jha. ''Buddha-charitam Restored into Sanskrit verses by Pt. Bhavanath Jha.'' (Contains a re-translation back into Sanskrit of the lost cantos). Mahavir Mandir Prakashan.
Multilingual edition of ''Buddhacarita'' in the Bibliotheca Polyglotta
* ttp://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Buddhist-Texts/S2-Buddhacarita/Sanskrit-Buddhacarita-DN.pdf Same in Devanagari charactersbr>Cowell's text and translation (verse by verse)
{{Authority control Epic poems in Sanskrit Indian poetry 2nd-century Indian books 2nd-century poems Gautama Buddha Buddhist poetry Ancient Indian poems Ancient indian Dramas
''Buddhacharita'' (; ) is an epic poem
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
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in the Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
''mahakavya Mahākāvya (lit. great kāvya, court epic), also known as ''sargabandha'', is a genre of Indian epic poetry in Classical Sanskrit. The genre is characterised by ornate and elaborate descriptions of scenery, love, battles and so on — in short, eve ...
'' style on the life of Gautama Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lu ...
by of Sāketa
Sāketa (), in Sanskrit, a place where God resides. ''Saket'' can be alternatively used for Heaven or ''Vaikuntha'' in Hindu epics, where liberated souls dwell.
"Saketa", the name of the Ayodhya Kingdom was later widespread by Buddhist travellers ...
(modern Ayodhya
Ayodhya (; ) is a city situated on the banks of holy river Saryu in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Ayodhya, also known as Sāketa, Saketa, is an ancient city of India, the birthplace of Rama and ...
), composed in the early second century CE.
The author has prepared an account of the Buddha's life and teachings which, unlike other treatments such as ''Mahavastu'' (“Great Story”) and ''Lalitavistara'' (“Full Description of the Play f the Buddha), is not only artistically arranged but also restrained in the description of the miracles of Gautam Buddha. His work also reflects a vast knowledge of Indian mythology and pre-Buddhist philosophy, as well as a court poet's interest in love, war and statecraft.
Of the poem's 28 cantos, only first 14 are extant in Sanskrit are complete (cantos 15 to 28 are in incomplete form). But in Chinese (5th century) and Tibetan translations all 28 chapters are preserved. In 420 AD, Dharmakṣema (धर्मक्षेम, transliterated 曇無讖 (), translated 竺法豐 (); 385–433 CE) was a Buddhist monk, originally from Magadha in India, who went to China after studying and teaching in Kashmir and Kucha. He had been residing in ...
made a Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
translation, and in the 7th or 8th century, a Tibetan version was composed by an unknown author which "appears to be much closer to the original Sanskrit than the Chinese".
English translations
* E.B. Cowell, trans''The Buddha Carita or the Life of the Buddha''
Oxford, Clarendon 1894, reprint: New Delhi, 1977
(14,8 MB) *Samuel Beal, trans. ''The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King''. Oxford, 1883
(17,7 MB) *E. H. Johnston, trans. ''The Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha''. Lahore, 1936. 2 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English). Reprint: Delhi, Motilal Barnasidass 1978 *E. H. Johnston, trans. (1937), "The Buddha's Mission and last Journey: Buddhacarita, xv to xxviii", Acta Orientalia, 15: 26-62, 85-111, 231-292. *
Patrick Olivelle
Patrick Olivelle is an Indologist. A philologist and scholar of Sanskrit Literature whose work has focused on asceticism, renunciation and the dharma, Olivelle has been Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions in the Department of Asian Studi ...
, trans. ''Life of the Buddha''. Clay Sanskrit Library
The Clay Sanskrit Library is a series of books published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation. Each work features the text in its original language (transliterated Sanskrit) on the left-hand page, with its English translation on the ...
, 2008. 1 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English with summary of the Chinese cantos not available in the Sanskrit)
* Willemen, Charles, trans. (2009)Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha's Acts
Berkeley, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.
Other Language Translations
*Bhaskar Hanumath Kompella Bhaskar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
People
*Bhāskara I (c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician, Bhaskaracharya
* Bhaskara II (1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer
*Bhaskarbuwa Bakhal ...
, Telugu Translation in the form of Tika (Word by Word meanings) and Tatparya (Substance)''Buddha Charitam''
Ajo-Vibho-Kandalam Publications, Hyderabad, 2018 *Bhavanath Jha. ''Buddha-charitam Restored into Sanskrit verses by Pt. Bhavanath Jha.'' (Contains a re-translation back into Sanskrit of the lost cantos). Mahavir Mandir Prakashan.
See also
* ''Lalitavistara Sūtra
The ''Lalitavistara Sūtra'' is a Sanskrit Mahayana sutras, Mahayana Buddhist sutra that tells the story of Gautama Buddha from the time of his descent from Tushita until his first sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath near Varanasi. The term ''La ...
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References
External links
Multilingual edition of ''Buddhacarita'' in the Bibliotheca Polyglotta
* ttp://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Buddhist-Texts/S2-Buddhacarita/Sanskrit-Buddhacarita-DN.pdf Same in Devanagari charactersbr>Cowell's text and translation (verse by verse)
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