Lives of great monks and nuns
By: [translated from the Chinese by Li Rongxi and Albert A. Dalia]
Contributors: Kumārajīva, d. 412?; Paramārtha, 499-569.; Baochang, 6th cent.; Faxian, ca. 337-ca. 422.; Li, Jung-hsi.; Dalia, Albert A.
Series: BDK English Tripiṭaka -- 76-III,IV,V,VI,VII; BDK English Tripiṭaka -- 76-III-VII
Publisher: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Aśvaghoṣa; Nāgārjuna, -- 2nd cent; Vasubandhu; Faxian, -- ca. 337-ca. 422 -- Journeys -- India -- Early works to 1800; Buddhist nuns -- Biography -- Early works to 1800; Buddhist monks -- Biography -- Early works to 1800; Buddhism -- History -- Early works to 1800; Buddhist literature -- Translations into English; Asia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Biography; Translations into English.
Other titles: Life of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva.; Life of Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva.; Biography of Dharma master Vasubandhu.; Biographies of Buddhist nuns.; Journey of the eminent monk Faxian.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223) and index.
Table of contents: title: The life of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva / translated from the Chinese of Kumārajīva by Li Rongxi; title: The life of Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva / translated from the Chinese of Kumārajīva by Li Rongxi; title: Biography of Dharma master Vasubandhu / translated from the Chinese of Paramārtha by Albert A. Dalia; title: Biographies of Buddhist nuns / translated from the Chinese of Baochang by Li Rongxi; title: The journey of the eminent monk Faxian / translated from the Chinese of Faxian by Li Rongxi.