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كتاب بلوهر وبوذاسف

The Book of Bilawhar and Būdhāsf

Arabic story of the Indian prince Būdhāsf (from bodhisattva) whom the ascetic Bilawhar converts with parables, derived from Manichaean and Buddhist accounts of the Buddha's life; extant in an Ismāʿīlī recension (ed. Gimaret 1971) and the source of the Georgian Balavariani and of Barlaam and Josaphat.

Language
Arabic
Date
750–900 CE
Text
not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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