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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... monastery in Anuradha- pura was the Mahāvihāra . It was this monastery that preserved for us the teachings of Theravada Buddhism . We have already seen under what trying circumstances the dwellers of the Mahāvihāra preserved those ...
... monastery in Anuradha- pura was the Mahāvihāra . It was this monastery that preserved for us the teachings of Theravada Buddhism . We have already seen under what trying circumstances the dwellers of the Mahāvihāra preserved those ...
Page 110
... monastery of Niganthas . As Geiger has shown , tradition appears to have confounded the name of the Abhayagiri - dagäba with that of the Jetavana - dāgäba and , therefore , the site of the former monastery must be sought where , the now ...
... monastery of Niganthas . As Geiger has shown , tradition appears to have confounded the name of the Abhayagiri - dagäba with that of the Jetavana - dāgäba and , therefore , the site of the former monastery must be sought where , the now ...
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... monastery and form the exception and not the rule . Kotapabbata vihāra A monastery not far from Cittalapabbata was the Koṭapabbata - vihārā . The Visuddhimagga mentions a thera known as Tissa belonging to this vihara and who knew ...
... monastery and form the exception and not the rule . Kotapabbata vihāra A monastery not far from Cittalapabbata was the Koṭapabbata - vihārā . The Visuddhimagga mentions a thera known as Tissa belonging to this vihara and who knew ...
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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