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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... Jātaka collection seems to have become very popular from quite an early date . There are , as we know , carvings depicting Jataka stories in the sculpture of the third century B.C.4 It must have been the love of the people for hearing ...
... Jātaka collection seems to have become very popular from quite an early date . There are , as we know , carvings depicting Jataka stories in the sculpture of the third century B.C.4 It must have been the love of the people for hearing ...
Page 31
... Jātaka stories . It was probably the similarity of the Jātaka stories to the stories round the Dhammapada verses that brought about this connection . Dhammapadabhāṇakas There is very little information to be had about the reciters of ...
... Jātaka stories . It was probably the similarity of the Jātaka stories to the stories round the Dhammapada verses that brought about this connection . Dhammapadabhāṇakas There is very little information to be had about the reciters of ...
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... Jātaka stories as the protector of true religion and virtue , and when a good man is in trouble , his throne grows hot and attracts his attention . His transformation is analogous to the process by which heathen deities , especially in ...
... Jātaka stories as the protector of true religion and virtue , and when a good man is in trouble , his throne grows hot and attracts his attention . His transformation is analogous to the process by which heathen deities , especially in ...
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