Taming the Serpent King Nandopananda: Historicity, Transmission, and Translation of Pali and Tibetan Discourse
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Author: | Animesh Prakash |
ISBN 13: | 9788195096190 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2021 |
Subject: | Philosophy and Religion/Buddhism |
About the Book
Nandopanandanagadamanakatha or the discourse of taming the Serpent Nandopananda is a tale of the heroic feats performed by Elder Mahamoggallana using his supernatural powers (abhinna). It belongs to Pali commentaries and the similar story is very popular among Theravada Buddhist countries with different titles such as or Taming the Naga in Sinhalese and or the Royal Thai Version of Nandopananda Discourse in Thai. According to the Tibetan MSS' Colophons of Nandopanandanagadamanakatha, it was translated into Tibetan with a title or A Discourse on Taming the Serpent King Nandopananda by the great collaborative effort of two scholars of 14th century: Pandita Anandasri and a Tibetan translator Nyi ma rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po.