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Each chapter opens with a general background summary that places events in the greater Asian/Southeast Asian context
Translated and introduced by CHRIS BAKER and PASUK PHONGPAICHIT
Introduction—James Stent
It will become a key reference within this area of scholarship
Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha, The (Hardcover) Power University of TasmaniaThis book is dedicated to H. R. H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. Also available in paperback This is the first complete English translation in over a century of the ten great birth stories that form the Mahnipta of the Jtakatthavaan. These stories narrate the Bodhisattas ten final lives in the human realm before his final life and enlightenment as the Buddha. Replete with adventure, subterfuge, magic, and intrigue, the tales also showcase Buddhist