檢視 Ashvaghosha 馬鳴尊者的原始碼

'''Ashvaghosha''' (Skt. ''Aśvaghoṣa''; Tib. [[རྟ་དབྱངས་]], ''Tayang''; [[Wyl.]] ''rta dbyangs'') (b. ca. first century) — originally a Hindu master, known as Durdharṣakāla, Bhavideva (''bha bi lha''), or Mātṛceta <ref>Some sources state that Mātṛceta was in fact a disciple of Ashvagosha.</ref>, he became a Buddhist after being defeated in debate by [[Aryadeva]]<ref>This is according to Taranatha's ''History of Buddhism in India''. According to other sources, he was defeated by Pārśva.</ref> at [[Nalanda]] University. He went on to compose many texts in beautiful Sanskrit verse, including the ''[[Buddhacharita]]'', the most famous work on the life of Buddha. He authored the important ''[[Fifty Verses on the Lama]]''.

==[[Quotations: Indian Masters|Quotations]]==
{{:Quotations: Ashvaghosha, Letter of Consolation, Beings are born so they die}}
{{:Quotations: Ashvaghosha, Letter of Consolation, Even rishis will never reach a place where they never die}}

==Further Reading==
*Lobsang N. Tsonawa, ''Indian Buddhist Pandits from The Jewel Garland of Buddhist History'' (Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1985).
*Lama Chimpa, Alaka Chattopadhyaya and Debiprasad Chatterji, ''Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India'' (Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1990), pages 124-126 & 131-136.

==Notes==
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==Internal Links==
*[[Arya Shura]]

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