Aśvaghosa Composes Complete Biography of the Buddha
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- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Arts, Religion, Ethics, Social Science
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Theology, Theologians, Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Poetry, Poets, Buddhism, Buddhists
- Curriculum: Asian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Pakistan
- Date: c. 150
Article abstract: Aśvaghosa composed Buddhacarita, the complete biography of the Buddha, and achieved a reputation as one of the great poets of world literature and as one of the founders of Sanskrit drama.
Summary of Event
The dates of the birth and death of the poet Aśvaghosa are uncertain, but historians generally suggest that he was born c. 80 c.e. in the Indian city of Ajodhya. He was a Brahman, a member of the hereditary priest caste of the Vedantic religious tradition that eventually became known as Hinduism. Members of the Brahman caste were...
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