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Author : Anuradha Seneviratna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book King Aśoka and Buddhism written by Anuradha Seneviratna and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles; chiefly relating to India and Sri Lanka.
Author : John S. Strong
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120806160
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Legend of King Aśoka written by John S. Strong and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first English translation of the Asokavadana text, the Sanskrit version of the legend of King Asoka, first written in the second century A.D. Emperor of India during the third century B.C. and one of the most important rulers in the history of Buddhism. Asoka has hitherto been studied in the West primarily from his edicts and rock inscriptions in many parts of the Indian subcontinent. Through an extensive critical essay and a fluid translation, John Strong examines the importance of the Asoka of the legends for our overall understanding of Buddhism. Professor Strong contrasts the text with the Pali traditions about Kind Asoka and discusses the Buddhist view of kingship, the relationship of the state and the Buddhist community, the king s role in relating his kingdom to the person of the Buddha, and the connection between merit making, cosmology, and Buddhist doctrine. An appendix provides summaries of other stories about Asoka.
Author : Vincent Arthur Smith
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Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Asoka, the Buddhist Emperor of India written by Vincent Arthur Smith and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nayanjot Lahiri
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674915259
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)
Download or read book Ashoka in Ancient India written by Nayanjot Lahiri and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third century BCE, Ashoka ruled an empire encompassing much of modern-day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. During his reign, Buddhism proliferated across the South Asian subcontinent, and future generations of Asians came to see him as the ideal Buddhist king. Disentangling the threads of Ashoka’s life from the knot of legend that surrounds it, Nayanjot Lahiri presents a vivid biography of this extraordinary Indian emperor and deepens our understanding of a legacy that extends beyond the bounds of Ashoka’s lifetime and dominion. At the center of Lahiri’s account is the complex personality of the Maurya dynasty’s third emperor—a strikingly contemplative monarch, at once ambitious and humane, who introduced a unique style of benevolent governance. Ashoka’s edicts, carved into rock faces and stone pillars, reveal an eloquent ruler who, unusually for the time, wished to communicate directly with his people. The voice he projected was personal, speaking candidly about the watershed events in his life and expressing his regrets as well as his wishes to his subjects. Ashoka’s humanity is conveyed most powerfully in his tale of the Battle of Kalinga. Against all conventions of statecraft, he depicts his victory as a tragedy rather than a triumph—a shattering experience that led him to embrace the Buddha’s teachings. Ashoka in Ancient India breathes new life into a towering figure of the ancient world, one who, in the words of Jawaharlal Nehru, “was greater than any king or emperor.”
Author : Vincent E Smith,
Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN 13 : 9387022269
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor written by Vincent E Smith, and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asoka the great, as he is popularly known, was the last emperor of the Maurya dynasty of India. He ruled the major subcontinents in India, extending the lineage of his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya from Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east. Also known as the Buddhist emperor, he became the biggest preacher of the religion in the country. He embraced Buddhism after the bloody and brutal war of Kalinga. He is remembered for the pillars and edicts propagating tenets of Buddhism, to spread virtues of honesty, truthfulness, compassion toward all, and for establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha. Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India charts how this exemplary king made history, and explores the transformation of a tyrant and despot to a devotional monk following and spreading the tenets of non-violence and benevolence.
Author : Shravasti Dhammika
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ISBN 13 : 9789552401046
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Edicts of King Asoka written by Shravasti Dhammika and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (968 download)
Download or read book The Edicts of King Asoka written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aśoka (konge af Magadha.)
Publisher : Brill Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Moral Edicts of King Asoka written by Aśoka (konge af Magadha.) and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1962 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ashok Khanna
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9387471217
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Ashoka, the Visionary written by Ashok Khanna and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ungainly in appearance, disliked by his father, the king, but nurtured by his mother, Ashoka worked to elicit his elders' approval. At the age of 18, his father sent him to quell a rebellion that his brother, the crown prince, had failed to do. His success propelled him to be appointed as viceroy of a province. There he met Devi, a beautiful, devout Buddhist. With the death of his father, supported by the chief minister, Ashoka was crowned the new king. Ashoka ruled the Indian subcontinent from 269 bce to 232 bce. After the Kalinga War, a turning point for Ashoka, his devotion to Buddha's teachings became unconditional, and he based his governance on its precepts of non-violence, tolerance and compassion. His support for Buddhism helped it grow from a small sect to a world religion. When it spread to Asia, his model of Dharmaraj was emulated as exemplary kingship by many Asian rulers through history. Prime Minister Nehru, in The Discovery of India, described Ashoka as 'a man who was greater than any king or emperor'. He worked to incorporate Ashoka's secular approach and considerate administration in India's Constitution. As a young democracy, India must adopt both Ashoka's and Nehru's vision of compassionate governance to mature as a nation.
Author : Vincent Arthur Smith
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120613034
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Asoka, the Buddhist Emperor of India written by Vincent Arthur Smith and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1997 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aśoka (King of Magadha)
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226586111
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Edicts of Asoka written by Aśoka (King of Magadha) and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1978-10-15 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asoka, the remarkable Indian ruler of third century B. C., who not only renounced the warlike policies of his early career but actually made a public proclamation of his errors, left a record of his teachings which he hoped would endure forever. It was inscribed on stone, not as a monument to himself but as a record of moral law. "The Edicts of Asoka," writes Richard McKeon in his Foreword, "form part of a large body of literature, drawn from all cultures, which seeks power not in domination of men or accumulation of possessions but in conquest of self, in understanding of others, and in conquest of self, in understanding of others, and in contemplation of truths within the scope of reason and goods within the scope of action...The classics of this literature may take on a new importance and a new power in the world today." -- from back cover.
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Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (453 download)
Download or read book The Edicts of King Asoka written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Bullitt provides online access to the text "Edicts of King Asoka," an English interpretation by Ven S. Dhammika. The Buddhist Publication Society published the text. The texts concerns Buddhist reforms and moral principles of King of India, Asoka (d. 238 or 232 B.C.).
Author : Vincent Arthur Smith
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Asoka, the Buddhist Emperor of India written by Vincent Arthur Smith and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles L. Allen
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781468300710
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Ashoka written by Charles L. Allen and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through his third century BCE quest to govern the Indian subcontinent by moral force alone, Ashoka transformed Buddhism from a minor sect into a major world religion. His bold experiment ended in tragedy, and in the tumult that followed the historical record was cleansed so effectively that his name was largely forgotten for almost two thousand years. Yet, a few mysterious stone monuments and inscriptions miraculously survived the purge. In Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor, historian Charles Allen tells the incredible story of how a few enterprising archaeologists deciphered the mysterious lettering on keystones and recovered India's ancient past. Drawing from rich sources, Allen crafts a clearer picture of this enigmatic figure than ever before.
Author : Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar
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Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Asoka written by Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce Rich
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807095532
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book To Uphold the World written by Bruce Rich and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1991, Bruce Rich traveled to Orissa and gazed upon the rock edicts erected by the Indian emperor Ashoka over 2,200 years ago. Intrigued by the stone inscriptions that declared religious tolerance, conservation, nonviolence, species protection, and human rights, Rich was drawn into Ashoka's world. Ashoka was a powerful conqueror who converted to Buddhism on the heels of a bloody war, yet his empire rested on a political system that prioritized material wealth and amoral realpolitik. This system had been perfected by Kautilya, a statesman who wrote the world's first treatise on economics. In this powerful critique of the current wave of globalization, Rich urgently calls for a new global ethic, distilling the messages of Ashoka and Kautilya while reflecting on thinkers from across the ages—from Aristotle and Adam Smith to George Soros.
Author : A Vincent Smith
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ISBN 13 : 9789353334376
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Asoka written by A Vincent Smith and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India is regarded as a culturally important work in the historiography of the life and times of King Asoka. A masterpiece when it was first published, its importance has only increased with time.
