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Buddhacarita ("Acts of the Buddha"; more accurately Buddhacaritaṃ, Devanagari बुद्दचरितं) is an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by Aśvaghoṣa, composed in the 2nd century AD. Of the poem's 28 cantos, the first 14 are extant in Sanskrit complete (cantos 1 and 14 in incomplete form). In 420, Dharmarakṣa made a Chinese translation, and in the 7th or 8th century, a very accurate Tibetan version was made.

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  • Buddhacarita ("Acts of the Buddha"; more accurately Buddhacaritaṃ, Devanagari बुद्दचरितं) is an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by Aśvaghoṣa, composed in the 2nd century AD. Of the poem's 28 cantos, the first 14 are extant in Sanskrit complete (cantos 1 and 14 in incomplete form). In 420, Dharmarakṣa made a Chinese translation, and in the 7th or 8th century, a very accurate Tibetan version was made.
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  • Buddhacarita ("Acts of the Buddha"; more accurately Buddhacaritaṃ, Devanagari बुद्दचरितं) is an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by Aśvaghoṣa, composed in the 2nd century AD. Of the poem's 28 cantos, the first 14 are extant in Sanskrit complete (cantos 1 and 14 in incomplete form). In 420, Dharmarakṣa made a Chinese translation, and in the 7th or 8th century, a very accurate Tibetan version was made.
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