Poems of Early Buddhist Nuns: Therigatha
By Unknown Author.
Description
A paperback edition of two different translations of the Therigatha. Mrs. C.A.F. Rhys Davids' classic translation in verse, first published in 1909 as Psalms of the Sisters, is interspersed with notes from the Pali commentary which gives the verses a narrative context. K.R. Norman's more modern translation, Elders' Verses II, first published in 1971, follows the longer work of Mrs. Rhys Davids. Norman's translation was based on an original Pali edition that was more accurately transcribed. His purpose was to produce a literal prose translation that could be read alongsid...
ISBN(s)
0860132897, 9780860132899
