Sanskrit Buddhist biography and poetic literature centered on the Buddha's life.
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Buddhacarita — The earliest complete biography of the Buddha in any language — Aśvaghoṣa's classical Sanskrit epic poem from the 1st–2nd century CE.
Saundarananda — Aśvaghoṣa's Sanskrit Buddhist poem on Nanda and Sundarī: desire, ordination, shame, disciplined practice, the Four Noble Truths, and liberation.