Buddhist poetry is a genre of literature that forms part of Buddhist discourse, conveying Buddhist teaching and practice through verse.
Facts
Notable ExampleThe Great Poems (mahakavya) of Ashvaghosha 1 Defining TraitVerses (gatha) that poetically summarize the themes of prose passages in sutras 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Buddhist poetry
History
One of the first and best known is Aśvaghoṣa, of whom two complete "Great Poems" (mahākāvya) survive.
Form
Most Buddhist sutras have a prose component supplemented by verses (known as gatha) that reiterate and poetically summarize the themes of preceding prose passages.
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