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# בן המלך והנזיר

Abraham ibn Ḥasdai, The Prince and the Ascetic

Hebrew maqāma adaptation of the Arabic Bilawhar wa-Būdhāsf (the Buddha legend as Barlaam and Josaphat) by Abraham ibn Ḥasdai of Barcelona.

- **Language:** Hebrew
- **Date:** 1220–1240 CE
- **Author:** [Avraham b. Šəmūʾēl ibn Ḥasdāy](https://indike.org/pramana/person/abraham-ibn-hasdai)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Based on

- [كتاب بلوهر وبوذاسف](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.qissa.bilawhar)
- [Lalitavistara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lalitavistara)

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