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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... famine had , by that time , grown so acute that people ate even human flesh . The aged thera fell a prey to some such people maddened by hunger . Nigrodha , however , made good his escape and , after the famine was over , learned the ...
... famine had , by that time , grown so acute that people ate even human flesh . The aged thera fell a prey to some such people maddened by hunger . Nigrodha , however , made good his escape and , after the famine was over , learned the ...
Page 76
... famine they protected the Vinaya Piṭaka.2 More about these theras will be said in the next chapter . It should be remembered that at this time the teachings of the Buddha were , as mentioned before , handed down orally from teacher to ...
... famine they protected the Vinaya Piṭaka.2 More about these theras will be said in the next chapter . It should be remembered that at this time the teachings of the Buddha were , as mentioned before , handed down orally from teacher to ...
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... famine , when the bhikkhus sought to go over to India , they assembled at Nāgadīpa and took ship at Jambukola - paṭṭana , 8 and when the thera Tissadatta came from India to Ceylon he , too , disembarked at the same port . The Samanta ...
... famine , when the bhikkhus sought to go over to India , they assembled at Nāgadīpa and took ship at Jambukola - paṭṭana , 8 and when the thera Tissadatta came from India to Ceylon he , too , disembarked at the same port . The Samanta ...
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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