Birth of the Maitreya - Softcover

Basu, Bani

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8185604614 ISBN 13: 9788185604619

Publisher: Bhatkal & Sen, 2004

Synopsis

In writing about the times of the Buddha, Bani Basu composes a new Jataka, the traditional format in which the tales of the different births of the Buddha were written down. Writing it as a novel on the Age of the Buddha, she grapples with history and the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha, who suggested new ways of living, new political formations, of a major change in belief, indeed, in thinking about God or the absence of one. Her novel that delves into history and biography, Sanskrit and Pali, is intriguingly contemporary, though set in the sixth century BC.

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Synopsis:

In writing about the times of the Buddha, Bani Basu composes a new Jataka, the traditional format in which the tales of the different births of the Buddha were written down. In this Jataka-as-a-novel, she grapples with history and the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha, who suggested new ways of living, new political formations, of a major change in belief, indeed, in thinking about God or the absence of one. Delving into history and biography, Sanskrit and Pali, her novel is intriguingly contemporary, though set in the sixth century BC.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bhatkal & Sen
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 8185604614
• ISBN 13: 9788185604619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 501