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Taming the serpent King Nandopananda : Historicity, transmission, and translation of Pāli and Tibetan discourse

Author :  Animesh Prakash

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Country
India
Publisher
Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi
ISBN 9788195096190
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2021
Bib. Info xxvii, 182p.; illustrations (black and white) ; 23cm. Includes Index
Product Weight 500 gms.
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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.

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