- BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT
- a mediæval legend, being a Christianised version of an earlier legend relating to Buddha, in which Josaphat, a prince like Buddha, is converted by Barlaam to a like ascetic life.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT
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