The Glorious Deeds of Purna Motilal Banarsidass but their large knowledge about

but their large knowledge about small societies has often found pause before their unfamiliarity with the larger traditions

Nor custom staled its infinite variety" (As long as mountains stand and rivers flow on earth

It has particularly endeared itself to the moderately educated masses for whom it epitomizes all that Hinduism means and stands for

Sometimes I could hear the tigers from my cottage when they would come by to drink water and they would roar

The work is divided into two parts arranged into 26 chapters

The Glorious Deeds of Purna Motilal Banarsidass but their large knowledge aboutThe avadana literature is the largest corpus of Sanskrit Buddhist texts available to us. By providing an annotated translation of, and applying the methods of literary criticism to, a first century account of the life of the saint Purna, the present study introduces the reader to the richness and complexity of a genre which has played an essential role in Buddhist self understanding for over two thousand years. Buddhist tradition identifies the monk