History of Buddhism in Ceylon: The Anuradhapura Period, 3d Century BC--10th Century AD. |
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... image of the Buddha and its worship in India date from a period posterior to Asoka . Kern2 thinks that all the evidence collected tends to leave the impression that the beginnings of the worship of the Buddha images fall somewhere in ...
... image of the Buddha and its worship in India date from a period posterior to Asoka . Kern2 thinks that all the evidence collected tends to leave the impression that the beginnings of the worship of the Buddha images fall somewhere in ...
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... image might have been the same which the Chinese pilgrim Fa Hien saw at the Abhayagiri- vihāra in the fifth century A.C.2 3 During the second century A.C. we come across only one reference in the Mahāvamsa to Buddha - images and image ...
... image might have been the same which the Chinese pilgrim Fa Hien saw at the Abhayagiri- vihāra in the fifth century A.C.2 3 During the second century A.C. we come across only one reference in the Mahāvamsa to Buddha - images and image ...
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... image of the Buddha . Yet the Commentary does not mention looking at an image even as an alternative possibility . We should have expected a definite reference to Buddha - images if the authors of the Commentaries had recognized image ...
... image of the Buddha . Yet the Commentary does not mention looking at an image even as an alternative possibility . We should have expected a definite reference to Buddha - images if the authors of the Commentaries had recognized image ...
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YEARS OF DEVELOPMENTI | 78 |
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5th century 5th century A.C. Abhayagiri according Aggabodhi Ananda ancient Ceylon Anuradhapura arahant arahantship Ariyavamsa Asoka bhikkhus Bodhi brāhmaṇas Buddha Buddha-image Buddhaghosa Buddhist built called caves ceremony cetiya Ceylon chronicles Devanampiya-Tissa dhamma Edict Fa Hien festival Geiger Hien Hiuen Tsiang honour Ibid image-house India Island Jetavana Kassapa king known laity lived Mahā Mahāgāma Mahānāga Mahāvamsa Mahāvihāra Mahinda Mahinda IV mentioned Mihintale ministers Moggallāna monastery monks nāma nikayas offered Pāli Pali Commentaries Pamsukūlikas Paṇḍukābhaya Paranavitana perhaps Polonnaruva popular pre-Buddhist Ceylon preaching pupil recite referred regarded reign religion religious reported robes Rohana rules Sangha Sasana says sect sermon Sinhalese slaves spiritual story sutta Tamil tanks teacher teaching thera Thūpārāma Tissa Tooth Relic topic of meditation Tripitaka uposatha vatthu VbhA Vesak vihāra village Vinaya word worship xliv xxxix xxxvii yakṣas young monk