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बुद्धघोष (buddhaghoSa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बुद्ध—घोष
m.
N.
of a Buddhist scholar (who lived at the beginning of the 5th century
A.
D.
the name is not found in Sanskṛt works),
MWB.
65
&c.
पुराणम्
English
बुद्धघोष / BUDDHAGHOṢA. An ancient Sanskrit poet. It is believed that he lived in the 4th century A.D. The most important work of this poet who was a Buddhist, is ‘Padyacūḍāmaṇi’. The life of buddha is described in this Book in ten Kāṇḍas (sections). A similarity to the poems of kālidāsa and aśvaghoṣa is seen in this poem. buddhaghoṣa is said to have reached Ceylon in 357 A.D. and translated some Buddhist literature.