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Buddha Biography and Poetry

Sanskrit Buddhist biography and poetic literature centered on the Buddha's life.

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BuddhacaritaThe earliest complete biography of the Buddha in any language — Aśvaghoṣa's classical Sanskrit epic poem from the 1st–2nd century CE.