The Sacred Books of the East (BUDDHIST MAHAYANA TEXTS, Part I-II)

The Sanskrit text of the Buddha-Karita was Published at the beginning of last year in the ‘Anecdota Oxoniensia,’ and the following English translation is now included in the series of ‘Sacred Books of the East’. It is an early Sanskrit poem written in India on the legendary history of Buddha and therefore contains much that is of interest for the history of Buddhism, beside its special importance as illustrating the early history of classical Sanskrit literature. First part contain Buddha-Karita of asvaghosa and second part contains Longer Sukhavati-vyuha, Shorter Sukhavati-vyuha, Vagrakkhedika, the longer pragna-paramita hridaya-sutra, the shorter pragna-paramita hridaya sutra and Amitayur dhyana-sutra.