Collected Works of Edwin Arnold: Buddhism and Hinduism Studies Poetry & Plays (Unabridged) - The Essence of Buddhism Light of the World The Light of Asia The Song Celestial Indian Poetry Hindu Literature The Japanese Wife Death--And Afterwards…

Edwin Arnold

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Table of Contents:
The Essence of Buddhism
Hindu Literature: Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti
Death--And Afterwards
The Light of Asia
Indian Poetry
The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita (from the Mahâbhârata)
Light of the World; or, The Great Consummation
Potiphar's Wife
Adzuma; or, The Japanese Wife
Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) was an English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia. The literary task which he set before him was the interpretation in English verse of the life and philosophy of the East. His chief work with this object is The Light of Asia, which was translated into various languages such as Hindi.
The Light of Asia, subtitled The Great Renunciation, is in a form of a narrative poem. The book endeavors to describe the life and time of Prince Gautama Siddhartha, who after attaining enlightenment became The Buddha, The Awakened One. The book presents his life, character, and philosophy, in a series of verses. It is a free adaptation of the Lalitavistara. A few decades before the book's publication, very little was known outside Asia about the Buddha and Buddhism, the religion which he founded, and which had existed for about twenty-five centuries. Arnold's book was one of the first successful attempts to popularize Buddhism for a Western readership.

Available since: 09/18/2015.

Print length: 988 pages.

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