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 87
... century B.C. ( i.e. , about in the time of Duṭṭhagāmaņi ) are compared with those of the first century A.D. , we see that the former were more saintly than learned , while the reverse is true of the latter . I need not repeat here the ...
... century B.C. ( i.e. , about in the time of Duṭṭhagāmaņi ) are compared with those of the first century A.D. , we see that the former were more saintly than learned , while the reverse is true of the latter . I need not repeat here the ...
Page 102
... century B.C. The extreme lower limit is the early part of the fifth century A.D. when the Commentaries were written in Pāli by Buddhaghosa and his successors . But in an earlier chapter it was pointed out that the compilation of the ...
... century B.C. The extreme lower limit is the early part of the fifth century A.D. when the Commentaries were written in Pāli by Buddhaghosa and his successors . But in an earlier chapter it was pointed out that the compilation of the ...
Page 134
... century B.C. there is not sufficient reason to believe that they received any substantial additions after they were ... A.D. Nevertheless , their growth was not arrested until they were translated into Pāli in the fifth century A.D. ...
... century B.C. there is not sufficient reason to believe that they received any substantial additions after they were ... A.D. Nevertheless , their growth was not arrested until they were translated into Pāli in the fifth century A.D. ...
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 Papańcasūdanī 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