The Divyavadana: A collection Of Early Buddhist Legends

About the Book:- The Divyavadana is a Sanskrit anthology of Buddhist avadana tales, many originating in Mūlasarvastivadin 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 (puṇya) 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 Aśokavadana "Legend of Aśoka". 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). About the Author:-Edward Byles Cowell, FBA (1826 – 1903) was a noted translator of Persian poetry and the first professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University. He became interested in Oriental languages at the age of fifteen, when he found a copy of Sir William Jones's works (including his Persian Grammar) in the public library. Self-taught, he began translating and publishing Hafez within the year. Robert Alexander Neil (1862-1901) classical and oriental scholar, the second son of Robert Neil. He has done 44 works in 167 publications in 5 languages and 1015 libarary holdings. Drama, Comedy, Plays, Sacred books, Biographies, Satinual Literature, Criticism, Interpretation, History, Humor were the main subject of interest. He has worked as an Editor, Translator, Contributor. The Title 'The Divyavadana: A collection Of Early Buddhist Legends written/authored/edited by E. B. Cowell, R. A. Neil', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121221443 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 726 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in Sanskrit, English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-