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THE BUDDHA-CARITA OF AøVAGHOúA

(translated by E. B. Cowell)

 

Introduction

Book I      Book II      Book III      Book IV

Book V      Book VI      Book VII      Book VIII

Book IX      Book X      Book XI      Book XII

Book XIII      Book XIV      Book XV      Book XVI      Book XVII

 

Preface to the electronic edition

 

Please note that this work is still in preperation: up and till now it has not been possible to type in the notes that appeared in the original edition of the translation. I hope also to be able to prepare the Sanskrit text for electronic publication in the near future. Please check this page again in the Summer of 2004.

The system of transliteration of Eastern scripts that was used in the Sacred Books of the East was later felt to have a number of disadvantages to it, and went out of fashion after the series was completed. Therefore in preparing this book for electronic publication I have taken the opportunity to update the presentation in this regard to a standard which is most commonly in use, and is in agreement with the other texts used on this website. Below is a correspondence table showing the system that was used in the original publication and the system that has been adopted here (changed characters in red):

 

a = a

Æ' = à

i = i

Å' = ã

u = u

â€" =å

ri = Â

rÅ' = ®

li = ¯

lÅ' = °

e = e

ai = ai

o = o

au = au

k = k

kh = kh

g = g

gh = gh

 

(mk = ïk)

(mg = ïg)

k = c

kh = ch

g = j

gh = jh

¤ = ¤

(mk = ¤c)

(mg = ¤j)

t = ñ

th = ñh

d = ó

dh = óh

n = õ

(mt = õñ)

(md = õó)

t = t

th = th

d = d

dh = dh

n = n

(mt = nt)

(md = nd)

p = p

ph = ph

b = b

bh = bh

m = m

(mp = np)

(mb = nb)

y = y

r = r

l = l

v = v

 

 

 

s = ÷

sh = ù

s = s

h = h

m = ü

h = þ

 

 

ânandajoti Bhikkhu
December 2003