Nanda has it all&8212;youth, money, good looks and a
kittenish wife who fulfills his sexual and emotional needs. He also
has the Buddha, a dispassionate man of immense insight and
self-containment, for an older brother. When Nanda is made a
reluctant recruit to the Buddha&##8217;s order of monks, he is
forced to confront his all-too-human enslavement to his erotic and
romantic desires. Dating from the second century CE, Ashva-ghosha's
Handsome Nanda portrays its hero's spiritual makeover with
compassion, psychological profundity, and great poetic skill.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC
Foundation
For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit
series, please visit http: //www.claysanskritlibrary.org
General
Imprint: |
New York University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Clay Sanskrit Library |
Release date: |
November 2007 |
First published: |
November 2007 |
Translators: |
Linda Covill
• Ashvaghosa
|
Dimensions: |
170 x 114 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
387 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8147-1683-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Myth & legend told as fiction
|
LSN: |
0-8147-1683-0 |
Barcode: |
9780814716830 |
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