Sugata Saurabha an Epic Poem from Nepal on the Life of the Buddha by Chittadhar Hridaya An Epic Poem from Nepal on the Life of the Buddha by Chittadhar Hridaya
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Sprache:Englisch
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.12.2009
Abbildungen
9 black and white halftone illustrations
Verlag
Oxford University PressSeitenzahl
414
Maße (L/B/H)
23.4/15.6/2.2 cm
Gewicht
576 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-19-534183-6
The Sugata Saurabha is an epic poem that retells the story of the Buddha's life. It was published in 1947 in the Nepalese language, Newari, by Chittadhar Hridaya, one of the greatest literary figures of 20th-century Nepal. It covers the Buddha's life from birth to death and conveys his basic teachings with simple clarity. It is also of interest because, where the classical sources are silent, Hridaya inserts details of personal life and cultural context that areNepalese. A third point of interest is the modernist perspective that underlies the author's manner of retelling this great spiritual narrative. This rendering, in a long line of accounts of the Buddha's life dating back almost 2,000 years, may be the last ever to be produced that conforms to thetraditions of Indic classic poetry.
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