World of the Buddha
Subtitle: An Introduction to the Buddhist Literature
Edition: 1st Evergreen Ed edition
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: February 18, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780802130952
Subjects: Buddhism; Other prose: from c 1900 -; Fiction - General; Religion; Buddhism - General; General; Fiction-General; Religion / Buddhism; Buddhist literature
First sentence: The tales which follow are from the Jataka Book, a work of mixed verse and prose relating the 550 states of existence, as animal or human, of the Buddha prior to his final birth as Gautama.