[Buddha-l] Clay Sanskrit Library --problem trying to use website tobuy a book

[Dan Lusthaus]

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> I guess I'll have to phone up NYUP and order it that way.
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> Joanna

All of the Clay Sanskrit volumes are available on Amazon. Each volume is
$22.

Additional recommendations:

THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA by Ashvaghosha and Patrick Olivelle [a new
translation of the Buddhacarita]

HANDSOME NANDA by Ashvaghosha (Author), Linda Covill (Translator) [new
translation of Saundarananda]

MUCH ADO ABOUT RELIGION by Bhatta Jayanta (Author), Csaba Dezso (Translator)

[This is a wonderful play, gives you an idea of what Indians in the 9th c.
"really" thought Buddhists, Hindu priests, etc. It's a hoot, intellectually
sharp, with honest depictions of the positions each holds. Since this one is
probably unfamiliar to most of you, here is the blurb: ]

This play satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place in the
politics of King Shankaravarman (883-902). The leading character is a young
and dynamic orthodox graduate, whose career starts as a glorious campaign
against the heretic Buddhists, Jains, and other antisocial sects. By the end
of the play he realizes that the interests of the monarch do not encourage
such inquisitional rigor.

Unique in Sanskrit literature, Bhatta Jayánta's play, Much Ado About
Religion, is a curious mixture of fiction and history, of scathing satire
and intriguing philosophical argumentation. The play satirizes various
religions in Kashmir and their place in the politics of King Shánkara.varman
(883-902 CE). The leading character, Sankárshana, is a young and dynamic
orthodox graduate of Vedic studies, whose career starts as a glorious
campaign against the heretic Buddhists, Jains and other antisocial sects.

Dan