About the book -: Among the most popular Books in Buddhist literature, Dhammapada (Skt. Dharmapada) stands prominently. This work is critically edited and translated with copious notes by Beni Madhav Barua and Sailendranath Mitra with a long introduction which discusses many problems of editions and translations of the Dhammapada. The present work began by the editors as a disgression from working on a monography on Asoka’s Dhamma with encouragement and support by Ashutosh Mukherjee, the great Buddhist savant. The present work is mainly based on E. Senart’s publicationo the Kharosthi manuscript of the text on the basis of the fragments discovered by Petroffsky, and Dutreuil de Rhins, Russian and French, scholars. This is the only text found in Khroshthi script in Prakrit dialect. All other texts are generally found in Pali, Sanskrit or Mixed Sanskrit. Barua and Mitra have published it with improved readings, adding copious notes and cross references. The present book is published under the series Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica, with a foreword by Dr. N.H. Samtani. About The Author -: Benimadhab Barua (1888 –1948) was an Indian scholar of ancient Indian languages, Buddhism and law. He was a prominent educationist and writer. Barua joined the Mahāmuni Anglo-Pāli Institution as headmaster in 1912. From 1913 to 1914 he worked as a lecturer in the Pāli department of the University of Calcutta. He went to England on a government scholarship in 1914. He earned an MA in Greek and Modern European Philosophy from the University of London. In 1917 he was awarded a D.Litt. by the University of London. He was the first Asian to do so. After returning to India in 1918, Barua rejoined Calcutta University and was promoted to a professorship. He developed the syllabus of the MA course in Pali along with his work in the departments of Ancient Indian History and Culture (1919–48) and Sanskrit (1927–48) in the same university. Barua's 1921 work on The Ajivikas served as the background for "History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas" (1950) the PhD dissertation of A. L. Basham, who cites Barua's work frequently. SAILENDRANATH MITRA, M.A., POST-URADDATK TEACHER IN THE DEPARTMENTS OP PALI AND INDIAN VERNACULARS, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY, FORMERLY RESEARCH SCHOLAR TO THE GOVERNMENT Of BENGAL, PROFESSOR PALI, BAPTIST COLLEGE, ‘RANGOON The Title 'Prakrit Dhammapada: Based Upon M. Senart’s Kharosthi Manuscript with Text, Translation & Notes written/authored/edited by BENIMADHAB BARUA, SAILENDRANATH MITRA', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121223843 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 331 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-
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