Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon: Or, State of Buddhism in Ceylon as Revealed by the Pāli Commentaries of the # Century A.D. |
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Page 45
... India , especially from the northern part of that sub - continent . From north - western India travelling by sea to Ceylon was not a difficult task . There is no reason to suppose that Jains , too , did not come along with the other ...
... India , especially from the northern part of that sub - continent . From north - western India travelling by sea to Ceylon was not a difficult task . There is no reason to suppose that Jains , too , did not come along with the other ...
Page 77
... India taking with him Somadevi , one of the queens of Vattagāmaṇī . Another took the Buddha's alms - bowl and returned home straightway well contented . When Vaṭṭagāmaṇī fled the other five reigned successively , each of the last four ...
... India taking with him Somadevi , one of the queens of Vattagāmaṇī . Another took the Buddha's alms - bowl and returned home straightway well contented . When Vaṭṭagāmaṇī fled the other five reigned successively , each of the last four ...
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... India to pay his respects to the great Bodhi.11 King Sirimeghavaṇņa is said to have sent two bhikkhus to India to king San - maon - to - lo - kiu - to , that is Samudragupta , requesting him to provide shelter there for the Sinhalese ...
... India to pay his respects to the great Bodhi.11 King Sirimeghavaṇņa is said to have sent two bhikkhus to India to king San - maon - to - lo - kiu - to , that is Samudragupta , requesting him to provide shelter there for the Sinhalese ...
Contents
The Advent of Mahinda | 43 |
The Spread of the Faith | 59 |
The Writing down of the Texts | 73 |
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Abhaya Abhayagiri Abhidhamma According Anuradhapura Arahant Arahantship Ariṭṭha attained Arahantship Aṭṭhakatha Atthasālinī Bhāṇakas bhikkhus Bodhi Tree Bodhisatta Brahmā Brāhmaṇatissa brother Buddha Buddhaghosa Buddhavamsa Buddhist built century A.D. cetiya Cetiyapabbata Ceylon chapter CuNiA deities Devanampiyatissa devas Dhamma Dhammapada Dighabhāṇaka Dipavamsa Doctrine Duṭṭhagāmaṇī entered the Order Fa Hien famine foll Hien Ibid India island Jātaka Kalyāņi king large number later lived Lohapāsāda Mahā Mahācetiya Mahānāga Mahāsena Mahāsiva Mahātissa Mahāvamsa Mahāvihāra Mahinda Maliyadeva Manorathapūraṇī Māra mentioned monastery monks Mv tr Nāga Nikaya Nikayasangraha Pali Pāli Commentaries Pap Sn Papañcasūdanī Parivara Phussadeva Pitaka Piṭakas Porāṇā Porāņas preached PsmA recited records references reign relics Rhys Davids Rohana Saddhātissa Sakka Samantapāsādikā Sammohavinodani sangha Sanghamitta sasana Sinhalese Commentaries Smp I 62 Smp Sn Sumangalavilāsinī Sutta Tamil teachers teachings thera thūpa Thūpārāma Tipiṭaka Tissa Tissamahārāma Upatissa Vaṭṭagāmaṇī verses vihāra Vinaya Visuddhimagga worship young bhikkhu