Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon: Or, State of Buddhism in Ceylon as Revealed by the Pāli Commentaries of the 5th Century A.D. |
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... large number , and when we remember that , as was shown in the preceding chapter , Buddhism was known earlier in Ceylon , we may well take this seemingly sudden conversion to be but a formal and public declaration of the faith to which ...
... large number , and when we remember that , as was shown in the preceding chapter , Buddhism was known earlier in Ceylon , we may well take this seemingly sudden conversion to be but a formal and public declaration of the faith to which ...
Page 77
... large number of bhikkhuņis from India . These , too , taught the Vinaya Piṭaka at Anuradhapura . From them the following bhikkhuņis received the upasampada ordination : Samuddanāvā , Devi and Sivala ( who were daughters of the king ) ...
... large number of bhikkhuņis from India . These , too , taught the Vinaya Piṭaka at Anuradhapura . From them the following bhikkhuņis received the upasampada ordination : Samuddanāvā , Devi and Sivala ( who were daughters of the king ) ...
Page 110
... large number of bhikkhus but , on the advice of his preceptor , went to Vātakasitapabbata - vihāra and there by strenuous meditation became an Arahant.II Other vihāras mentioned in the Commentaries as belonging to Anuradha- pura are ...
... large number of bhikkhus but , on the advice of his preceptor , went to Vātakasitapabbata - vihāra and there by strenuous meditation became an Arahant.II Other vihāras mentioned in the Commentaries as belonging to Anuradha- pura are ...
Contents
The Sources of the Pali Commentaries | 10 |
The Writing down of the Texts | 73 |
The Growth of Dissentient Schools | 88 |
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