Hermann Hesse, “Siddhartha: A Novel”, 1922 was a novel based-loosely on the biography of Siddhartha Gautama; and, was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Ashvaghosha अश्वघोष (80~150 AD), “बुद्धचरितम् Buddhacarita; or Acts of the Buddha”, was a Siddhartha Gautama poem epic.
These two books differ by being a novel and an epic. BELOW is the novel and epic placement on subjective-objective scale.
The protagonist and storyline are based on the life and holy sites of Buddha (Vishnu). The four holy sites in the life of Siddhartha are as follows.
In the Hindu tradition, “true-religion” versus “false-religion” is the significance of the Buddha (Vishnu) incarnation.
Among the Hindu sects ,Vishnuism (as the only god) accounts for two-thirds of the Hindu religion.
Vishnuism is the largest Hindu sect, constituting about 641 million (or 67.6%) of Hindus.
Here I presented: Ashvaghosha अश्वघोष (80~150 AD), “बुद्धचरितम् Buddhacarita; or, Acts of the Buddha”, was a Siddhartha Gautama poem epic.Buddhism is a derivative of Vishnuism.
Ashvaghosha अश्वघोष (80~150 AD) wrote in the Sanskrit language; and, is was the greatest Indian author of his time.
I pointed out the subjective-objective differences between epic and novel as literary devices. Herman Hesse wrote a novel; but Ashvaghosha wrote an epic.
वाल्मीकि Valmiki, “Ramayana”; and, व्यासः Vyasa, “Mahabharata”, ancient Indian “epic poems”, written 500 BCwas the topic of an earlier blog post.
