The Clay Sanskrit Library, co-published by NYU Press and the JJC Foundation, has been created to introduce classical Sanskrit literature to a wide international readership. This literature combines great beauty, enormous variety and more than three thousand years of continuous history and development.

Religion
A diverse set, the religion set includes works from the biographical narratives of Buddha and stories of his past rebirths, to the lyrical account of love affair between gods, to a play that satirized religions to make a laughingstock of their followers and their tenets.
Included in this set:
The Epitome of Queen Lilávati
By Jina·ratna. Edited and translated by Richard Fynes.
Volume 1
543 pages / 978-0-8147-2741-6
The Epitome of Queen Lilávati
Volume 2
By Jina·ratna. Edited and translated by Richard Fynes.
650 pages / 978-0-8147-2742-3
Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives
Volume 1
By Arya·shura. Translated by Justin Meiland.
550 pages / 978-0-8147-9581-1
Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives
Volume 2
By Arya·shura. Translated by Justin Meiland.
543 pages / 978-0-8147-9583-5
Gita·govínda: Love Songs of Radha and Krishna
By Jaya·deva. Translated by Lee Siegel.
200 pages / 978-0-8147-4078-1
Handsome Nanda
By Ashva·ghosha. Translated by Linda Covill.
392 pages / 978-0-8147-1683-0
Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies from the Dívyavadána
Edited and translated by Joel Tatelman.
444 pages / 978-0-8147-8288-0
"How the Nagas Were Pleased" & "The Shattered Thighs"
By Harsha and Bhasa. Translated by Andrew Skilton.
350 pages / 978-0-8147-4066-8
Life of the Buddha
By Ashva·ghosha. Translated by Patrick Olivelle
561 pages / 978-0-8147-6216-5
Much Ado about Religion
By Bhatta Jayánta. Edited and translated by Csaba Dezsö.
320 pages / 978-0-8147-1979-4