Handsome Nanda (Clay Sanskrit Library, 39)

Handsome Nanda (Clay Sanskrit Library, 39)
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Nanda has it all&8212;youth, money, good looks and a kittenish wife who fulfills his sexual and emotional needs. He also has the Buddha, a dispassionate man of immense insight and self-containment, for an older brother. When Nanda is made a reluctant recruit to the Buddha&##8217;s order of monks, he is forced to confront his all-too-human enslavement to his erotic and romantic desires. Dating from the second century CE, AshvaÂ·ghoshaâ€™s Handsome Nanda portrays its heroâ€™s spiritual makeover with compassion, psychological profundity, and great poetic skill.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
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Country USA
Brand Clay Sanskrit
Manufacturer Clay Sanskrit
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber RKC2010623926
ReleaseDate 2007-11-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780814716830

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