बुद्धघोष

{ buddhaghoṣa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

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.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

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