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Nāṭyaśāstra
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Nāṭyaśāstra is a Sanskrit treatise on the performing arts. The text is attributed to sage Bharat. Though in this text name of the Bharata is not mentioned anywhere. As we...
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General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Sūryaśataka
matsunami_485
A poem in praise of the sun god, composed in 100 verses and attributed to Mayūra (c. 580–650 CE). Mayūra was a contemporary of King Harṣa and Bāṇabhaṭṭa. Recitation of th...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Lalitavistara
matsunami_334
"The Play in Full tells the story of how the Buddha manifested in this world and attained awakening, as perceived from the perspective of the Great Vehicle. The sūtra, wh...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Mahajjātakamālā
matsunami_285
"The Mahajjātakamāla was composed in late medieval Nepal (fourteenth to seventeenth centuries C.E.); half of its contents paraphrase an earlier Mahāyāna sūtra, the Karuṇa...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Bodhicaryāvatāra
matsunami_263
The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Bodhicaryāvatāra
matsunami_260
The Bodhicaryāvatāra, composed by the eighth-century Nalanda monk Śāntideva, is a key Mahāyāna Buddhist text outlining the Bodhisattva path. Written in verse, it is struc...
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...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Naiṣadhīyacarita
matsunami_219
Folio 1 a, 1b damaged. Folios 17 a to 23b have a torn corner. Tear on 32a and 32b. Current condition of the manuscript is fragmented, with Chp 12, 16 and a chapter. Origi...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Jātakamālā
matsunami_138
This is a Buddhist text written in prose and verses; this style is known as campū kāvya.The author of the text is Āryaśūra, belonged to the late 3rd or early 4th century....
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Jātakamālāṭīkā
matsunami_137
This is a commentary on Āryaśūra's Jātakamālā, a Buddhist text written in prose and verses; this style is known as campū kāvya. The author of the text is Āryaśūra, who be...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Jātakamālā
matsunami_136
This is a Buddhist text written in prose and verses; this style is known as campū kāvya. The author of the text is Āryaśūra, who belonged to the late 3rd or early 4th cen...
General Library, The University of Tokyo
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Jātakamālā
matsunami_135
This is a Buddhist text written in prose and verses; this style is known as campū kāvya.The author of the text is Āryaśūra, belonged to the late 3rd or early 4th century....