The Lalitavistara: Memoirs of the Early Life of Sakya Sinha (Chs. 1- 15)
Book Specification
| Item Code: | IDI575 |
| Author: | R. L. Mitra |
| Publisher: | Sri Satguru Publications |
| Edition: | 1998 |
| ISBN: | 8170305764 |
| Pages: | 279 |
| Cover: | Hardcover |
| Other Details | 8.7"X 5.5 |
Book Description
From the JacketCONTENTS
It is one of the nine Mahayana texts. The Lalitavistara is a biography of Buddha. It has twenty-seven chapters in which an account of the Buddha legend upto the Sermon of Varanasi. It originally contained the biography of Buddha according to the Sarvastivada school of Hinayana. From the view point of History o religion and literature, it is of immense value. The present book contains English translation of chapter 1 to XV.
| Ch. 1- | Introductory Discourse | 1-21 |
| Ch. 2- | The Exhortation | 22-31 |
| Ch. 3- | The Dynasty | 32-52 |
| Ch. 4- | Initiatory Lights of Religion | 53-68 |
| Ch. 5- | Preparations for Descent | 69-87 |
| Ch. 6- | The Descent | 88-108 |
| Ch. 7- | The Birth | 109-157 |
| Ch. 8- | Visit to the Temple | 158-162 |
| Ch. 9- | Ornamentation | 163-165 |
| Ch. 10- | Education | 166-174 |
| Ch. 11- | Visit to an Agricultural Village | 175-182 |
| Ch. 12- | Display of Accomplishment | 183-206 |
| Ch. 13- | The Imploration | 207-233 |
| Ch. 14- | The Dream | 234-245 |
| Ch. 15- | The Renunciation | 246-263 |
| Index | 265-279 |
