Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Literature

alliteration appeared asked attained avadāna became becomes belong biography birth Bodhisattva born brahmanical Buddha Buddhist Sanskrit called caste centuries chapter classical common composed death described desire disciples distinct doctrine earlier early epic eschatology ethics evil existence father figure finally five followed four gave gives gods hand hear heaven hence Hybrid India jātaka Kasyapa king Lalitavistara land language later lead literary literature lived Mahāvastu Mahāyāna Māra Master mendicants merchant merit metaphysical monks moral Nanda nature offered Once original palace Pāli period person popular praised preached present prince prose regarding region religion religious remained repeated rhetoric rich ritual sage Sanskrit literature Sariputra says sects short social society spiritual stage story sūtras tale tales theme tion told took translation tree various verses women worship