Manual of Indian Buddhism c3.s2.36

c3.s2.36

The published specimens of religious poetry bear the stamp of having been productions in the palmy days of mediaeval Sanskrit literature. The *Bodhicaryāvatāra* by Śāntideva, a poem breathing a truly pious spirit, ranks foremost¹. Almost as elegant in form, but wholly wanting in originality and warmth of feeling is the poem *Śiṣyalekha* by the grammarian Candra-Gomin². Hymns to Śākyasiṃha, Avalokiteśvara etc. are known only from Catalogues³ or occasional quotations.