INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gautam Buddha is known as the ‘Light of Asia’ and the ‘Enlightened One’. Gautam Buddha preached the importance of physical and mental conditions of human life. His teachings emphasized on pragmatism and love.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gautama Buddha exhorted the importance of physical and mental situations of human life. His teachings promoted pragmatism and love. Edwin Arnold composed the poem “Light of Asia” which interprets the personality of Prince Siddhartha and later Buddha. Thus, the Phrase the ‘Light of Asia’ is applied to the Buddha.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Light of Asia is itself a translation of the Lalitavistara, meaning “the play in full”, a Sanskrit Mahayana Buddhist Sutra on the Buddha’s life and his teachings.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the form of a narrative poem, the book endeavours to describe the life and time of Prince Gautama Buddha, who, after attaining enlightenment, became the Buddha, The Awakened One. The book presents his life, character, and philosophy in a series of verses. It is a free adaptation of the Lalitavistara.

Detailed explanation-5: -This poet is Sir Edwin Arnold and the poem he is most known for is The Light of Asia, an epic romantic work about the life and the message of the Buddha.