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Once the Buddha was a monkey : Ārya Śūra's Jātakamālā
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Once the Buddha was a monkey : Ārya Śūra's Jātakamālā

Author: Āryaśūra.; Peter Khoroche
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2006, ©1989.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Presents thirty-four traditional stories about the Buddha in his previous incarnations, both human and animal. This book paints a vivid picture of life at a high point in ancient Indian culture, city  Read more...

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Named Person: Gautama Buddha
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Āryaśūra.; Peter Khoroche
ISBN: 0226782158 9780226782157
OCLC Number: 288565540
Language Note: Translated from the Sanskrit.
Notes: This translation originally published: 1989.
Description: xix, 273 p. ; 22 cm.
Other Titles: Jātakamālā.
Responsibility: translated from the Sanskrit by Peter Khoroche ; foreword by Wendy Doniger.

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"One would be a fool not to welcome the chance to read this book." - Richard Gombrich, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society "The general reader will be highly grateful for this new translation which, Read more...

 
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