Aśvaghoṣa

PersonType	Category:Classical Indian Authors
MainNameTib	རྟ་དབྱངས་
MainNameWylie	rta dbyangs
MainNameDev	अश्वघोष
MainNameSkt	Aśvaghoṣa
YearBirth	80
YearDeath	150
BornIn	Ayodhyā, India
IsInGyatsa	No
BnwShortPersonBio	Aśvaghoṣa was a Buddhist philosopher, dramatist, poet and orator from India. He was born in Saketa in northern India. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kālidāsa. He was the most famous in a group of Buddhist court writers, whose epics rivalled the contemporary Ramayana. Whereas much of Buddhist literature prior to the time of Aśvaghoṣa had been composed in Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, Aśvaghoṣa wrote in Classical Sanskrit. He is traditionally attributed with authorship of the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna, though modern scholars tend to consider this a Chinese composition.
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Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.