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Buddhacarita manuscript preview General Library, The University of Tokyo

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Buddhacarita

matsunami_256

Written by the Buddhist poet Aśvaghoṣa, a contemporary of Emperor Kanishka, this mahākāvya (epic poem) narrates the life of the Buddha in verse. Only thirteen cantos of t...