"Originally published in Japanese as Budda dai sankan Daibadatta by Ushio Shuppensha, Tokyo, 1987"--Title page verso.
"This work of fiction contains characters and episodes that are not part of the historical record"--Title page verso.
"The artwork of the original has been produced as a mirror-image in order to conform with the English language"--Title page verso.
Summary
In this third volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Prince Siddhartha undergoes hardship and ordeals in his search for enlightenment.
Contents
Part Three. 1. The ordeals -- 2. Survival of the fittest -- 3. the hag and the waif -- 4. Sukanda the knight -- 5. Interview at Mt. Pandava.
