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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... thupa he struck terror into their hearts by rain , storm , darkness and such pheno- mena . Next , having released ... thūpa , says the Great Chronicle , existed in Ceylon long before the arrival of Mahinda . When the Buddha first visited ...
... thupa he struck terror into their hearts by rain , storm , darkness and such pheno- mena . Next , having released ... thūpa , says the Great Chronicle , existed in Ceylon long before the arrival of Mahinda . When the Buddha first visited ...
Page 54
... thūpa built , containing the bodily relics of the Buddha . This led to the erection of the Thūpārama Dagäba . During the course of the construction of the thūpa , Abhaya , a brother of king Devanampiyatissa , entered the Order along ...
... thūpa built , containing the bodily relics of the Buddha . This led to the erection of the Thūpārama Dagäba . During the course of the construction of the thūpa , Abhaya , a brother of king Devanampiyatissa , entered the Order along ...
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... thūpa . The great festival Giribhaṇḍapūjā performed after the construction of this thūpa is mentioned more than once in the 1 Mv 33.80 foll . 8 2 Bahalamassu Tissa of Mv 33.96 . 3 For the views of this school , see Points of Controversy ...
... thūpa . The great festival Giribhaṇḍapūjā performed after the construction of this thūpa is mentioned more than once in the 1 Mv 33.80 foll . 8 2 Bahalamassu Tissa of Mv 33.96 . 3 For the views of this school , see Points of Controversy ...
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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