Texts From the Buddhist Canon, Commonly Known as Dhammapada with Accompanying Narratives

Beal, Samuel (Author)

ISBN 10: 9360800724 / ISBN 13: 9789360800727

Published by Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2025

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186 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.79 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Texts From the Buddhist Canon, Commonly Known as Dhammapada with Accompanying Narratives
• Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9360800724
• ISBN 13: 9789360800727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.6 kilograms

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Synopsis

Buddha's Dhammapada is a widely read scripture among the Buddhist followers. It plays a similar role as the Bible to Christianity, Gita to Hindus, Guru Granth Sahib to Sikhs, Torah to the Jews, and the Quran to the Muslims. The original version is contained in Khuddaka Nikaya, which is part of the Pali Theravada Buddhist Canons. Though Dhammapada was composed around the third century bce, its traditions date back to the first century ce. It contains the sayings of Buddha in different situations, both to the monastic orders and others. Originally composed in Pali, there are different Dhammapadas, which were composed in Kharosthi, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese. The Texts from the Buddhist Canon is the English translation of the Chinese version of Dhammapada, Fa Ju Jing

About the Author

Samuel Beal (1825-1889) was an Oriental scholar and the first English person to translate Chinese sources into the English. He was appointed in 1872 to examine Buddhist Chinese books in India Office Library, London. He became a professor of Chinese Studies at University College, London in 1877.