1. Translation of La légende de l'empereur Açoka (Açoka-avadāna) dans les textes indiens et chinois.
2. Jean Przyluski (1885 – 1944) was a French linguist and scholar of religion and Buddhism of Polish descent.
3. Dilip Kumar Biswas was a professor of Calcutta University.
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS TRANSLATOR'S NOTE AUTHOR'S PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1 NOTES 17 CHAPTER I: RECENSIONS OF THE AŚOKĀVADĀNA 19 NOTES 24 CHAPTER II: THE STORY OF THE FIRST COUNCIL IN THE AŚOKĀVADĀNA 26 NOTES 48 CHAPTER III: THE PATRIARCHS 50 NOTES 59 CHAPTER IV: THE DEEDS OF AŚOKA 61 NOTES 74 CHAPTER V: THE SCHOOL OF KAUŚĀMBĪ AND THE LEGEND OF PIṆḌOLA 76 NOTES 103 CHAPTER SIX: THE CYCLE OF AŚOKAN LEGENDS 106 NOTES 125 CHAPTER VII: AŚOKA'S 'HELL' 127 APPENDIX: The Torment of Five Shackles in the Buddhist Hell 161 NOTES 163 CHAPTER VIII: DEVELOPMENT OF ESCHATOLOGICAL IDEAS IN BUDDHISM 167 NOTES 190 CHAPTER IX: THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE A-YU-WANG-CHUAN 193 APPENDICES 219 I Ta-che-tu-luen, Chap. C. 219 II The Legend of Aśoka in the Fen-pie-kong-to-luen 220 NOTES 227 INDEX 231 I BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 231 II GENERAL INDEX 237 III INDEX OF SANSKRIT AND PĀLI WORDS 243 IV INDEX OF CHINESE AND TIBETAN WORDS 251 V INDEX OF IRANIAN WORDS 253 ERRATA 255
