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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... Mahinda THE history of Ceylon assumes a less nebulous and more trustworthy character with the arrival of Mahinda two hundred and thirty - six years after the passing away of the Buddha.1 The details of the advent of this great ...
... Mahinda THE history of Ceylon assumes a less nebulous and more trustworthy character with the arrival of Mahinda two hundred and thirty - six years after the passing away of the Buddha.1 The details of the advent of this great ...
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... Mahinda After spending one month at Vedisagiri , on the full - moon day of Jeṭṭhamūla ( April - May or May - June ) Mahinda and the other six mentioned above , coming together , discussed whether it was the right time to go to Ceylon.8 ...
... Mahinda After spending one month at Vedisagiri , on the full - moon day of Jeṭṭhamūla ( April - May or May - June ) Mahinda and the other six mentioned above , coming together , discussed whether it was the right time to go to Ceylon.8 ...
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... Mahinda's arrival , two thousand and five hundred beings attained the realization of the Truth . From the facility with which Mahinda and the people of Ceylon understood one another , we may incidentally observe how closely allied the ...
... Mahinda's arrival , two thousand and five hundred beings attained the realization of the Truth . From the facility with which Mahinda and the people of Ceylon understood one another , we may incidentally observe how closely allied the ...
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