Buddhacarita
Buddhacharita is an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by Aśvaghoṣa|, composed in the early second century CE. Of the poem's 28 cantos, the first 14 are extant in Sanskrit complete.
In 420 AD, Dharmakṣema made a Chinese translation, and in the 7th or 8th century, a Tibetan version was made which "appears to be much closer to the original Sanskrit than the Chinese".English translations
- E.B. Cowell, trans. , Oxford, Clarendon 1894, reprint: New Delhi, 1977.
- Samuel Beal, trans. The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King. Oxford, 1883.
- E. H. Johnston, trans. The Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha. Lahore, 1936. 2 vols.. Reprint: Delhi, Motilal Barnasidass 1978
- E. H. Johnston, trans., "The Buddha's Mission and last Journey: Buddhacarita, xv to xxviii", Acta Orientalia, 15: 26-62, 85-111, 231-292.
- Patrick Olivelle, trans. Life of the Buddha. Clay Sanskrit Library, 2008. 1 vols.
- Willemen, Charles, trans., , Berkeley, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.
Other Language Translations
- Bhaskar Hanumath Kompella, Telugu Translation in the form of Tika and Tatparya. , Ajo-Vibho-Kandalam Publications, Hyderabad, 2018.
