Buddhacarita

In full� Buddhacarita-kavya-sutra� (Sanskrit: �Poetic Discourse on the Acts of the Buddha�), poetic narrative of the life of Buddha by the Sanskrit poet Asvaghosa, one of the finest examples of Buddhist literature. The author, who lived in northern India in the 1st - 2nd century AD, created a loving account of the Buddha's life and teachings, one that - in contrast to other treatments such as the Mahavastu (�Great Story�) and