History of the buddha's relic shrine, the: a translation of the sinhala thūpavaṃsa
Auteur :
Berkwitz, Stephen C.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195301397
Date de publication :
11 janv. 2007
Dimensions :
14,5 x 21,3 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
485 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Offers the complete English translation of the Buddhist chronicle called the "Sinhala Thupavamsa", composed by Parakam Pandita in thirteenth-century Sri Lanka. This work also relates the mythological history of the Buddhas previous lives as a bodhisattva and concludes with a prediction about the future Buddha Maitreya.