A Concise History of Ceylon: From the Earliest Times to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 |
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... Abhayagiri sect followed the Vajjiputtaka doctrines . Later , a faction of the Abhayagiri monks seceded from that fraternity and took up their abode at the Dakkhiņa - vihara . They followed the teachings of a thera named Sāgali , and ...
... Abhayagiri sect followed the Vajjiputtaka doctrines . Later , a faction of the Abhayagiri monks seceded from that fraternity and took up their abode at the Dakkhiņa - vihara . They followed the teachings of a thera named Sāgali , and ...
Page 119
... Abhayagiri and Jetavana Dāgäbas , are figure sculptures representing divine beings or the cakravartin monarch . Some of the motives among the sculptures bear a striking resemblance to those decorating the gateways of the stūpas at Sañci ...
... Abhayagiri and Jetavana Dāgäbas , are figure sculptures representing divine beings or the cakravartin monarch . Some of the motives among the sculptures bear a striking resemblance to those decorating the gateways of the stūpas at Sañci ...
Page 171
... Abhayagiri - vihāra and Jetavanārāma , was a healthy one , and the claims of each party for the authoritative- ness of its own interpretations of the doctrine did not , so far as we know , lead to the perpetration of un - Buddhistic ...
... Abhayagiri - vihāra and Jetavanārāma , was a healthy one , and the claims of each party for the authoritative- ness of its own interpretations of the doctrine did not , so far as we know , lead to the perpetration of un - Buddhistic ...
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Abhaya Aggabodhi Alagakkōnāra Alakeśvara ancient Anuradhapura Arya-cakravarti attack bāhu battle bhikkhus Bhuvanaikabāhu Brāhmaṇas brother Buddha Buddhist built called canal Candrabhānu capital captured century B.C. Ceylon Chinese Chronicle coins Cola Cola king commander Culavamsa Dakkhinadesa Dambadeniya Dappula death defeated district Dutthagamani dynasty elephants enemy established festival forces Gajabāhu Gampala Ganga Image inscriptions irrigation Island Jaffna Jāvaka Kalinga Kassapa king's kingdom known Kōralē Kōṭṭe kramabahu Kulasekhara Kuruṇāgala land Lankapura literary Madhura Magha Mahaväli Mahāyāna Mahinda Mānābharaṇa military minister Moggallāna monastery monks Nāga named Nissankamalla palace Pāli Pallava Pandya Parakrama Parakramabahu poem Polonnaruva Polonnaruva period prince princess queen Rajarata Rayigama referred reign of Parakramabahu religious restored royal Ruhuna ruled ruler Sangha Sanskrit Sapumal Sena senapati sent shrines Sinhalese army Sinhalese king soldiers South India sovereignty stone stupa stūpas Tamil tank temple territory thera throne Tissa took Tooth Relic troops vihāra Vijaya Vijayabāhu Vikramabahu Vira Yakṣas Yapavuva