The Mahavastu, translated by J.J. Jones

Hardcover, 3 volumes, 324+454+480 pages, Lancaster 2006/2007, new

The Mahāvastu (Sanskrit for "Great Event" or "Great Story") is a text of the Lokottaravāda school of Early Buddhism. It describes itself as being a historical preface to the Buddhist monastic codes (vinaya). Over half of the text is composed of Jātaka and Avadāna tales, accounts of the earlier lives of the Buddha and other bodhisattvas.

Autor: J.J. Jones
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