Once the Buddha Was a Monkey: Arya Sura's "Jatakamala"

by Arya Sura

Book Overview

Here is one of the most entertaining masterpieces of Sanskrit literature rendered in an English translation that fully captures the original's artistry and charm.

Written most probably in the fourth century A.D., the Jatakamala is generally considered the masterpiece of Buddhist literature in Sanskrit. In elegant, courtly style, Arya Sura retells thirty-four traditional stories about the Buddha in his previous incarnations, human and animal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226782158
• ISBN13: 9780226782157
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"