[Buddha-l] Clay Sanskrit Library --problem trying to usewebsite tobuy a book

[jkirk]

Thanks for the additional and the amazon note--somehow never
thought of looking there.
Joanna
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All of the Clay Sanskrit volumes are available on Amazon. Each
volume is $22.

Additional recommendations:

THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA by Ashvaghosha and Patrick Olivelle [a new
translation of the Buddhacarita]

HANDSOME NANDA by Ashvaghosha (Author), Linda Covill (Translator)
[new translation of Saundarananda]

MUCH ADO ABOUT RELIGION by Bhatta Jayanta (Author), Csaba Dezso
(Translator)

[This is a wonderful play, gives you an idea of what Indians in
the 9th c.
"really" thought Buddhists, Hindu priests, etc. It's a hoot,
intellectually sharp, with honest depictions of the positions
each holds. Since this one is probably unfamiliar to most of you,
here is the blurb: ]

This play satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place
in the politics of King Shankaravarman (883-902). The leading
character is a young and dynamic orthodox graduate, whose career
starts as a glorious campaign against the heretic Buddhists,
Jains, and other antisocial sects. By the end of the play he
realizes that the interests of the monarch do not encourage such
inquisitional rigor.

Unique in Sanskrit literature, Bhatta Jayánta's play, Much Ado
About Religion, is a curious mixture of fiction and history, of
scathing satire and intriguing philosophical argumentation. The
play satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place in
the politics of King Shánkara.varman
(883-902 CE). The leading character, Sankárshana, is a young and
dynamic orthodox graduate of Vedic studies, whose career starts
as a glorious campaign against the heretic Buddhists, Jains and
other antisocial sects.

Dan

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