Lalita-Vistara

Lalita-Vistara is the name of one of the most celebrated works of Buddhistic literature. It belongs to the northern Buddhists, but is of unknown origin and antiquity, existing only in a debased Sanskrit version. It contains a narrative of the life and doctrine of the Buddha Sakya-muni, and is considered by the Buddhists as one of their nine chief works, treating of Dharma, or religious law.