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Aśvaghoṣa, also transliterated Ashvaghosha (Sanskrit: [ˌɐɕʋɐˈɡʱoːʂɐ], अश्वघोष; lit. "Having a Horse-Voice"; Tibetan: སློབ་དཔོན་དཔའ་བོ།, Wylie: slob dpon dpa' bo; Chinese: 馬鳴菩薩; pinyin: Mǎmíng púsà; lit. ' Bodhisattva with a Horse-Voice') (c. 80 – c. 150 CE), was a Buddhist philosopher, dramatist, poet, musician, and orator from India.
Ashvaghosha (born 80 ce?, Ayodhya, India—died 150?, Peshawar) was a philosopher and poet who is considered India’s greatest poet before Kalidasa (5th century) and the father of Sanskrit drama; he popularized the style of Sanskrit poetry known as kavya. Ashvaghosha was born a Brahman.
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According to the traditional biography of Aśvaghoṣa, which was translated into Chinese by Kumārajīva, and preserved in that language, he was originally a wandering asceticwho was able to defeat all-comers in debate. He set a challenge to the Buddhistmonks that if none could meet with him in debate then they should stop beating the wood-block which ...
He was previously believed to have been the author of the influential Buddhist text Awakening of Mahayana Faith, but modern scholars agree that the text was composed in China. And it is now believed he was not from the Mahayanist period, and seems to have been ordained into a subsect of the Mahāsāṃghikas. Some recent research into his kavya poems h...
Buswell, Robert E., ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 35. ISBN 0-02-865718-7.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
Originally in 28 cantos, only 17 survive in Sanskrit, the remainder being preserved in Tibetan and Chinese translations. The author's deep respect and reverence for the Buddha is unmistakable in all his compositions and he is viewed by many as a follower of the Mahāyāna. From: Aśvaghoṣa in A Dictionary of Buddhism ».
Jan 1, 2017 · Aśvaghoṣa is a well-known Buddhist philosopher and author of profound Buddhist literature written in classical Sanskrit. He is considered founder of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Despite this fame and recognition, different sources provide different information about Aśvaghoṣa about the time when he existed and who he was.
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The text and translation of Buddhacarita presented here is for the most part that printed in The Buddhacarita or Life of Buddha by Aśvaghoṣa, which was prepared by Professor Edward B. Cowell (first published in 1893 [text] & 1894 [translation], reprinted together New Delhi, 1977).
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Apr 5, 2019 · The prominence and the importance of Aśvaghoṣa’s works and persona—to the understanding of the history of Sanskrit poetry, to the understanding of Indian Buddhism in a transitional stage and to its introduction to other parts of Asia—is well acknowledged in contemporary scholarship.
