This work is my Ph. D. thesis. I have done a critical study of the Buddhacarita which is the most famous work amongst works of Asvaghosa the Buddhist poet and philospher. Apart from the literary point of view, it has also importance from Various other points of view. This work has historical importance and it also gives a description about the life and activities of Gautama Buddha along with the buddhist philosophy. Besides, we may also know the socio-political and cultural history of the time. Therefore, I have made critical study of this work in critical and comparative lines and I hope, this book will be useful for students and researchers.

Asvaghosa's Buddhacarita: A Study, Nripendra Nath Sarma, Punthi Pustak, Hardcover, 180 Pages, 2003, $17.00

Dr. Nripendra Nath Sarma, M.A. (Sanskrit), Sahitya Sastri, Kavyatirtha is the principal, Nalbari Sanskrit College, Nalbari (Assam). He has contributed a number of articles in various journals, souvenirs, books on felicitation, seminars and conferences in English, Sanskrit and Assamese. Dr. Sarma has already jointly compiled with Dr. B.K. Deva Goswami the work, �The Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscript� , preserved at the Kamrup Sanskrit Sanjibani Sabha Library, Nalbari (Assam). He is now a member of the Assam Sanskrit Association, Assam Sanskrit Board, Guwahati, Assam. He was a secretary of the Kamrup Sanskrit Sanjibani Sabha, Nalbari for last twenty four years. At present, he is serving as the working president of the Sabha. In this way, he is associated with many cultural and educational institutions.