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... Pāli , is indebted to it for many of its ethical , psychological , and philosophical terms . The Pali Canon is also called the Tipitaka , or the three baskets , as it is divided into three sections - the Vinaya , the rules of discipline ...
... Pāli , is indebted to it for many of its ethical , psychological , and philosophical terms . The Pali Canon is also called the Tipitaka , or the three baskets , as it is divided into three sections - the Vinaya , the rules of discipline ...
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... Pali Canon of the Theravāda sect , which was brought from India , was not written down but was handed down orally from teacher to pupil . During the severe famine that followed the revolt of the Brahmin Tissa many of the bhikshus , who ...
... Pali Canon of the Theravāda sect , which was brought from India , was not written down but was handed down orally from teacher to pupil . During the severe famine that followed the revolt of the Brahmin Tissa many of the bhikshus , who ...
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... Pāli Canon , such as the Abhidhammatha Sangaha . There were written also a number of tīkās , or sub - commentaries explaining and supplementing the commentaries on the Pali Canon written in the preceding period . Another Pāli work that ...
... Pāli Canon , such as the Abhidhammatha Sangaha . There were written also a number of tīkās , or sub - commentaries explaining and supplementing the commentaries on the Pali Canon written in the preceding period . Another Pāli work that ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
THE NORTH INDIAN PERIOD II | 13 |
THE SOUTH INDIAN PERIOD I | 65 |
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Abhayagiri Agbō Anuradhapura army Aryans Aśōka became bhikshus Bhuvanaikabāhu bōdhisattva brother Buddha Buddhism Buddhist bhikshus buildings built CALIFORNIA LIBRARY called capital captured century A.D. Cēra Ceylon chief Cōla conquest Copyright Archæological Survey Culavansa dāgäbas death defeated Dharmakirti district Dravidians dynasty empire Gajabāhu Gampola Ganga Hindu Hinduism history of Ceylon influence inscriptions invasions island Isurumuniya Jātaka Kalinga Kirti Kōṭṭē Lambakarṇa language Lankatilaka large number lived Māgama Mahasen Mahaväli Ganga Mahāvansa Mahāvihārē Mahāyāna Mahāyānists mainly Malaya Mānābharaṇa Māyārața Mihindu Mōriya Muslims Nāga Niśśanka Malla North Indian Period occupied Pāli Canon Pallava Pandya Parakrama Parakramabahu Polonnaruva probably Rājarāja Rajarața Rayigama rebellion region reign religious rivers Ruhuna ruled ruler Saddha Sangha Sanskrit sculpture sects Sēna Sigiriya Sinhalese kings Sinhalese language Siri Mevan Siva South India Srī Sri Vallabha successors Survey of Ceylon Tamil kingdom tanks temple throne Tissa took tribes troops Väddas Vihārē Vijaya Vijayabāhu Vijayanagara Vikramabahu Vīra worship