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E. B. Cowell, R. A. Neil

The Divyavadana: A collection Of Early Buddhist Legends [Hardcover]

Gyan Publishing House, 2021

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Year of publication
2021
ISBN
1111019616303
Author
E. B. Cowell, R. A. Neil
Pages
726
Publishers
Gyan Publishing House
Keyword
History
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
Print on demand
Yes

Description

About the Book:- The Divyavadana is a Sanskrit anthology of Buddhist avadana tales, many originating in M?lasarvastivadin vinaya texts. This particular collection of them is not attested prior to the seventeenth century. Typically, the stories involve the Buddha explaining to a group of disciples how a particular individual, through actions in a previous life, came to have a particular karmic result in the present. A predominant theme is the vast merit (pu?ya) accrued from making offerings to enlightened beings or at stupas and other holy sites related to the Buddha. The anthology contains 38 avadana stories in all, including the well-known A?okavadana "Legend of A?oka". The collection has been known since the dawn of Buddhist studies in the West, when it was excerpted in Eugene Burnouf's history of Indian Buddhism (1844).
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