buddhaḥ
The Buddha and his legacy
The Buddha was a wandering ascetic who lived sometime around the 5th century BCE. This series contains books about the Buddha's life and teachings.
For beginners
If you have never read Sanskrit before or are unfamiliar with the Buddha, these short books introduce the Buddha's family and some Buddhist terms.
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Title Word counts
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buddhaḥ kaḥ? 7 unique, 223 total
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buddhaḥ kim akarot? 16 unique, 368 total
buddhacaritam
The Buddhacarita ("Acts of the Buddha") is the earliest complete biography of the Buddha and one of the earliest examples of the refined Sanskrit poetry called kāvya. Our graded adaptation of this ancient poem starts with simple Sanskrit that gets more complex over time.
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Title Word counts
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rājaputro jāyate 30 unique, 1090 total
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antaḥpure 33 unique, 1089 total
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rājaputraḥ saṃvignaḥ 37 unique, 1019 total
Buddhist stories
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Title Word counts
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jātakamālā 40 unique, 254 total
buddhavacanam
Original Buddhist sutras, presented at multiple levels of difficulty.
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Title Word counts
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vajracchedikā prajñāpāramitā 130 unique, 809 total