A metaphorical study of Saundarananda
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A metaphorical study of Saundarananda
Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2009
1st ed
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Metaphors for conversion in Aśvaghoṣa's Saundarananda
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Oxford, 2006) under the title: Metaphors for conversion in Aśvaghoṣa's Saundarananda
Includes selected text of Saundarānanda in Sanskrit (roman); with English translation
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-293) and index
Summary: Study on Saundarananda of Aśvaghoṣa, narrative poem on the teachings of Gautama Buddha to his disciple Ananda
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This title also critically examines the position of the great epic as a fascinating specimen of oral poetic composition abounding, as it does, in the repetitions of the poetic formula of the vatious categories.
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