A Metaphorical Study of Saundarananda Banaras Hindu University (BHU) delivered by the Buddha on

delivered by the Buddha on various occasions C together with a few discourses delivered by some of his distinguished disciples )

were summed up by Jawaharlal Nehru

Niticastra) 450 1

Overlooking the censurable

By this time the situation in northwest India had changed considerably

A Metaphorical Study of Saundarananda Banaras Hindu University (BHU) delivered by the Buddha onThis book is an exploration of the metaphors that underpin Buddhism as a religious and cultural system. A focal point for the exploration is provided by the enchanting and richly metaphorical Sanskrit text, the Saundarananda by the Buddhist monk and poet Asvaghosa. The poet uses fundamental metaphors such as the Buddha as a physician or the dharma as a path as well as less familiar conceptual superimposition such as the parallel between meditation and