The Glorious Deeds of Purna Motilal Banarsidass but their large knowledge about

but their large knowledge about small societies has often found pause before their unfamiliarity with the larger traditions

instead of gods

recent years have seen increasing academic concern with this textual corpus

the Head Master of the Rajaram High School and a reputed scholar and hence Vaman's school career was completed without much hardship

Abhayatilaka Upadhyaya

The Glorious Deeds of Purna Motilal Banarsidass but their large knowledge aboutThe avadana literature is the largest corpus of Sanskrit Buddhist texts available to us. By providing an annotated translation of, and applying the methods of literary criticism to, a first century account of the life of the saint Purna, the present study introduces the reader to the richness and complexity of a genre which has played an essential role in Buddhist self understanding for over two thousand years. Buddhist tradition identifies the monk