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अश्वघोष (azvaghoSa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अश्व—घोष
m.
N.
of a Buddhist patriarch.
N.
of the author of the Buddha-carita (2nd or 3rd cent,
A.
D.)
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Aśvaghoṣa, n. of a teacher (and author): Mvy 〔3480〕.
पुराणम्
English
अश्वघोष / AŚVAGHOṢA. A famous Sanskrit poet. He has written many Sanskrit books prominent among which are the two great poems, Buddhacarita and Saundarananda and a drama called Śāriputraprakaraṇa. He lived in the 2nd Century A.D. His history of buddha (Buddhacarita) was translated into Chinese during the period 414 to 421 A.D. He was known under the following names also: Ācārya, Bhadanta, Mahāvādī and Bhikṣu.