History of Buddhism in Ceylon: The Anuradhapura Period, 3d Century BC--10th Century--AC. |
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... built a house for the Nigantha Jotiya eastward of the Lower Cemetery . The Nigantha named Giri also lived in the same locality . Paṇḍukābhaya is reported to have erected a devakula ( chapel ) for Kumbhanda and it was known after the ...
... built a house for the Nigantha Jotiya eastward of the Lower Cemetery . The Nigantha named Giri also lived in the same locality . Paṇḍukābhaya is reported to have erected a devakula ( chapel ) for Kumbhanda and it was known after the ...
Page 82
... built the great Abhayagiri - vihāra prefixing his name to it.2 The king offered this vihāra to a thera called Mahātissa , who had been of great help to him in the days of his misfortune . Five generals of Vaṭṭagāmaṇī also built five ...
... built the great Abhayagiri - vihāra prefixing his name to it.2 The king offered this vihāra to a thera called Mahātissa , who had been of great help to him in the days of his misfortune . Five generals of Vaṭṭagāmaṇī also built five ...
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... built not over the tree , but round its trunk , below the branches.2 Sometimes there were images of the Buddha in the Bodhi - house . Like the cetiya - ghara this building , too , was perhaps meant to give shelter to the devotees who ...
... built not over the tree , but round its trunk , below the branches.2 Sometimes there were images of the Buddha in the Bodhi - house . Like the cetiya - ghara this building , too , was perhaps meant to give shelter to the devotees who ...
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ABBREVIATIONS | xv |
RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS | 34 |
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUDDHISM | 48 |
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