Buddhacarita: Acts of the Buddha

By Asvaghosa Brahman and Asvaghosha Bodhisattva

Buddhacharita is an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha. Asvaghosa was an Indian philosopher-poet, born in Saketa in northern India to a Brahmin family. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kalidasa. He was the most famous in a group of Buddhist court writers, whose epics rivaled the contemporary Ramayana.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514184176
• ISBN13: 9781514184172
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"