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Option 2 : Ashvaghosh
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Ashvaghosha.
- Ashvaghosha was a Sarvastivada Buddhist philosopher and poet.
- He was born in Saketa in northern India.
- Though Pali language literature was popular in Buddhism, Ashvaghosha wrote in Classical Sanskrit.
- Buddhacharita wrote by Ashvaghosha is an epic on the life of the Buddha.
- He also wrote Saundarananda, with the theme of conversion of Nanda, Buddha's half-brother, so that he might reach salvation.
- He is also thought to be the author of the Sutralankara.
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