THE CLAY SANSKRIT LIBRARY: RELIGION by Clay Sanskrit Library, Sheldon Pollock (Editor) ( 9780814717462 )

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THE CLAY SANSKRIT LIBRARY: RELIGION
10-VOLUME SET

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Clay Sanskrit Library, Sheldon Pollock (Editor)

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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

9 November, 2009

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Clay Sanskrit Library

Pages:

2250

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The Clay Sanskrit Library, co-published by NYU Press and the JJC Foundation, has been created to introduce classical Sanskrit literature to a wide international readership. This literature combines great beauty, enormous variety and more than three thousand years of continuous history and development.

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ReligionA diverse set, the religion set includes works from the biographical narratives of Buddha and stories of his past rebirths, to the lyrical account of love affair between gods, to a play that satirized religions to make a laughingstock of their followers and their tenets. Included in this set:The Epitome of Queen Lilavati By Jina*ratna. Edited and translated by Richard Fynes. Volume 1 543 pages / 978-0-8147-2741-6The Epitome of Queen Lilavati Volume 2 By Jina*ratna. Edited and translated by Richard Fynes. 650 pages / 978-0-8147-2742-3Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives Volume 1 By Arya*shura. Translated by Justin Meiland. 550 pages / 978-0-8147-9581-1Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives Volume 2 By Arya*shura. Translated by Justin Meiland. 543 pages / 978-0-8147-9583-5Gita*govinda: Love Songs of Radha and Krishna By Jaya*deva. Translated by Lee Siegel. 200 pages / 978-0-8147-4078-1Handsome Nanda By Ashva*ghosha. Translated by Linda Covill. 392 pages / 978-0-8147-1683-0Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies from the Divyavadana Edited and translated by Joel Tatelman. 444 pages / 978-0-8147-8288-0"How the Nagas Were Pleased" & "The Shattered Thighs" By Harsha and Bhasa. Translated by Andrew Skilton. 350 pages / 978-0-8147-4066-8Life of the Buddha By Ashva*ghosha. Translated by Patrick Olivelle 561 pages / 978-0-8147-6216-5Much Ado about Religion By Bhatta Jayanta. Edited and translated by Csaba Dezso. 320 pages / 978-0-8147-1979-4

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