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.
  • SaundaranandaAśvaghoṣa's Sanskrit Buddhist poem on Nanda and Sundarī: desire, ordination, shame, disciplined practice, the Four Noble Truths, and liberation.