Scripture and epic: a comparativist looks at the biography of the Buddha
The Buddha's life-story has been told in many forms, but the earliest sources (in Pali and Chinese) were made available in French by Andre Bareau in 1963. Using Bareau, I study the story in the light of Indo-European cultural comparativism. The Founder's experiences between leaving home an...
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Visva-Bharati
2000
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