This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThis book contains an English translation of the Buddhacharita ("Acts of the Buddha"), an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by A[vaghoca, composed in the 2nd century AD. Of the poem's 28 vargas, the first 14 are extant in Sanskrit complete (vargas 15 to 28 are in incomplete form). (courtesy of wikipedia.com)
