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- Ashvaghosha was born a Brahman. Legend obscures the man, but it is known that he was an outspoken opponent of Buddhism until, after a heated debate with a noted Buddhist scholar on the relative merits of Hinduism and Buddhism, he accepted the value of Buddhism and became a disciple of his erstwhile opponent.
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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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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.
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Asvaghosa (80-150 AD), one of the oldest known Sanskrit poets and dramatists, was a multi-faceted talent who blended monk and missionary, philosopher and theologian, grammarian and linguist into a...Asvaghoshawas a prominent poet who is credited with spreading Buddhism. He was born into a Brahman household.He is thought to have been born in Saketa, India's northwestern state.After the Indian Sanskrit poet Kalidasa,he is considered the first Sanskrit dramatist and the most influential Indian poet.Buddhacarita, also spelled Buddhacharita, or Buddhacarita-kavya-sutra,is a Sanskrit poet Ashvaghosha's poetic narrative of the Buddha's life, and one of the finest examples of Buddhist literature.Asvaghosawas an excellent orator who talked extensively about Buddhist philosophy and ideals.He was able to easily communicateMahayana Buddhism's complicated concepts.Mahayana-sraddh otpada-sastra, or Awakening of Mahayana Faith, Buddhacharita, or Buddha's Life, and Mahalankara,or the Book of Glory, are among his most notable writings.Asvaghosa was an excellent orator who talked extensively about Buddhist philosophy and ideals. Asvaghosa was a prominent poet who is credited with spreading Buddhism. He was born into a Brahman household. He was a prominent philosopher and poet who was born in Central India. He was regarded as equally outstanding as Kalidasa. Between the years 80 a...
Question: Which of the following statements is/are correct about Asvaghosha? 1. He is considered the first Sanskrit dramatist and the most influential Indian poet. 2. He was a Mahayana philosopher and poet. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Question: Saundarananakavya w...
Ashvaghosha (Skt. Aśvaghoṣa; Tib. རྟ་དབྱངས་, Tayang; Wyl. rta dbyangs) (c.80 – c. 150 CE) was a Buddhist philosopher, dramatist, poet and orator from India. He was born in Saketa in northern India. [1] . He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kālidāsa.
Buddhist Poet and Philosopher. Aśvaghoṣa (80-150 CE) (अश्वघोष) was an Indian philosopher-poet, born in Saketa in northern India to a Brahmin family. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kālidāsa.
In this week’s FBA Podcast, “Ashvaghosha: India’s Great Buddhist Poet” Dhivan introduces Ashvaghosha, the Buddhist poet of 2nd c. AD India. Two of his works survive: a poetic re-telling of the Buddha’s life-story (‘The Buddhacarita’ or ‘Acts of the Buddha’), and ‘Handsome Nanda’, about the conversion of the Buddha’s ...
Aśvaghoṣa, a Brahmin convert to Buddhism and a versatile poet‐scholar, tells the Buddha's life story from earlier Buddhist sources while taking cognizance of precedents from the Sanskrit epics.
