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Ummagga Jataka (The story of the tunnel). Translated from the Sinhalese by T.B. Yatawara. by Yatawara, T.B., translator - 1898

by Yatawara, T.B., translator

Ummagga Jataka (The story of the tunnel). Translated from the Sinhalese by T.B. Yatawara. by Yatawara, T.B., translator - 1898

Ummagga Jataka (The story of the tunnel). Translated from the Sinhalese by T.B. Yatawara.

by Yatawara, T.B., translator

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London: Luzac & Co, 1898. First edition. 8vo (23 x 15 cm), pp.viii, 242, [2], 30 [advertisements]. A very good copy in lightly worn original cloth. A translation of a classical Sinhalese story of the Buddha's birth in a previous life, traditionally attributed to a 14th-century Buddhist priest from Tanjore. Yatawara used the Sinhalese text published at Colombo in 1874 rather than the Pali text because of this text's literary significance amongst Sinhalese classics. COPAC records copies at the British Library, Cambridge, Oxford.
  • Bookseller John Randall (Books of Asia) GB (GB)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Luzac & Co
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1898