Buddhism In South India

Author : D. C. Ahir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X002250587

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Buddhism in South India by D. C. Ahir Pdf

Author : Ven Dr Hindagala Gnanadhara Thero
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1642492140

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The Spread of Theravada Buddhism in South India by Ven Dr Hindagala Gnanadhara Thero Pdf

It is surprising that the chronicle Mahavamsa fails to make any reference to the son of Asoka, Arahan Mahinda and Sri Lanka Bhikkus (monks) and Bhikkhunis (nuns), who propagated Buddhism in Tamil Nadu. Scholars like I.K. Sharma and Sathian Nathan Iyar stated that Atahanta Mahinda functioned as the head of Tondamandalam Vihara at Kaveri Pattinam. Reference to the Theravada Buddhist concept paticcasamuppada (causality), four noble truths and Tilakkhana suggest the widely prevalent Theravada Buddhism in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Scholars Srinivasan and Nilakanta Sastri established the birthplace of Buddhagosa, who arrived here in the 5th Century and composed 14 Pali commentaries, at Mahavihara in Anuradhapura, from a village called Moranam in Kanchipuram. Traveller Hiuen Tsang stated that 10000 priests were in 100 monasteries in Tamil Nadu. Thirty-five plates of Buddha statues unearthed there were included in the text. Ilankilli, brother of Kanchipuram Chola king Killivalavam, constructed a Temple with a chetiya (pagoda). Many Chola kings had Buddhist names like Buddhavarman and Asokavarman. They extended their patronage to Buddhism. Vajrabodhi, Bodhidharma and Dhammaruci propagated Buddhism in China, translating the Mayana Buddhist text to Chinese. The text also includes information given by scholars, clergymen and laymen of the 9th century, who were witnesses to the existence of Buddhism in Tamil Nadu.

Author : D. Dayalan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Buddhist antiquities
ISBN : 8120794958

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Buddhist Remains of South India by D. Dayalan Pdf

Author : A. Aiyappan,P. R. Srinivasan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : UVA:X030158300

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Story of Buddhism with Special Reference to South India by A. Aiyappan,P. R. Srinivasan Pdf

Author : Anne E. Monius
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198032069

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Imagining a Place for Buddhism by Anne E. Monius Pdf

While Tamil-speaking South India is celebrated for its preservation of Hindu tradition, other religious communities have played a significant role in shaping the region's religious history. Among these non-Hindu communities is that of the Buddhists, who are little-understood because of the scarcity of remnants of Tamil-speaking Buddhist culture. Here, focusing on the two Buddhist texts in Tamil that are complete (a sixth-century poetic narrative and an eleventh-century treatise on grammar and poetics), Monius sheds light on the role of literature and literary culture in the formation, articulation, and evolution of religious identity and community.

Author : B. Subrahmanyam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030120471

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Buddhist Relic Caskets in South India by B. Subrahmanyam Pdf

The Present Book Examines The Various Caskets, The Different Kinds Of Material Used For Preparing Them, Their Shapes And Sixes And Finally The Method Of Consecration Followed For Enshrining These Holy Relics. Alongside It Also Provides An Uptodate Account Of Buddhism In South India, The Author, Taking Into Consideration The Archaeological And Literacy Data, Tries To Set At Rest The Conflicting Opinions Held By Scholars Regsrding The Identification Of Dantapura, Photographs, Sketches, Etc., Which Lie Scattered In Various Reports.

Author : Akira Hirakawa
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 8120809556

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A History of Indian Buddhism by Akira Hirakawa Pdf

This comprehensive and detailed survey of the first six centuries of Indian Buddhism sums up the results of a lifetime of research and reflection by one of Japan's most renowned scholars of Buddhism.

Author : Aparna Banerji
Publisher : Calcutta : Scientific Book Agency
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : UVA:X000046231

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Traces of Buddhism in South India, C. 700-1600 A.D. by Aparna Banerji Pdf

Author : Hindagala Gñānādhāra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9554252641

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The Spread of Theravada Buddism in South India, 3rd Century B.C. Up to 14th Century A.D. by Hindagala Gñānādhāra Pdf

Author : K. R. Subramanian
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Religion
ISBN : 812060444X

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Buddhist Remains in Andhra and the History of Andhra Between 225 and 610 A.D. by K. R. Subramanian Pdf

Author : Garima Kaushik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317329398

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Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia by Garima Kaushik Pdf

This book uses gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the socio-cultural foundations of Buddhism. Moving away from dominant discourses that discuss women as a single monolithic, homogenous category—thus rendering them invisible within the broader religious discourse—this monograph examines their sustained role in the larger context of South Asian Buddhism and reaffirms their agency. It highlights the multiple roles played by women as patrons, practitioners, lay and monastic members, etc. within Buddhism. The volume also investigates the individual experiences of the members, and their equations and relationships at different levels—with the Samgha at large, with their own respective Bhikşu or Bhikşunī Sangha, with the laity, and with members of the same gender (both lay and monastic). It rereads, reconfigures and reassesses historical data in order to arrive at a new understanding of Buddhism and the social matrix within which it developed and flourished. Bringing together archaeological, epigraphic, art historical, literary as well as ethnographic data, this volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars of Buddhism, gender studies, ancient Indian history, religion, and South Asian studies.

Author : Sree Padma Holt,A. W. Barber
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791478141

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Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra by Sree Padma Holt,A. W. Barber Pdf

Explores the importance of Buddhism as it developed in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra (modern-day Andhra Pradesh) and its influence.

Author : Shyam Sunder Tripathy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015034098379

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Buddhism and Other Religious Cults of South-east India by Shyam Sunder Tripathy Pdf

We need regional histories, which can go long way in strengthening the common bond existing among Indian people, belonging to different ethnic groups. To meet the demand of regional histories, the Prachi Valley Cultural. Academic and Historical Society, with its head office at Puri in Orissa, came into existence.

Author : Stephen C. Berkwitz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781135689766

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South Asian Buddhism by Stephen C. Berkwitz Pdf

South Asian Buddhism presents a comprehensive historical survey of the full range of Buddhist traditions throughout South Asia from the beginnings of the religion up to the present. Starting with narratives on the Buddha’s life and foundational teachings from ancient India, the book proceeds to discuss the rise of Buddhist monastic organizations and texts among the early Mainstream Buddhist schools. It considers the origins and development of Mahayana Buddhism in South Asia, surveys the development of Buddhist Tantra in South Asia and outlines developments in Buddhism as found in Sri Lanka and Nepal following the decline of the religion in India. Berkwitz also importantly considers the effects of colonialism and modernity on the revivals of Buddhism across South Asia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. South Asian Buddhism offers a broad, yet detailed perspective on the history, culture, and thought of the various Buddhist traditions that developed in South Asia. Incorporating findings from the latest research on Buddhist texts and culture, this work provides a critical, historically based survey of South Asian Buddhism that will be useful for students, scholars, and general readers.

Author : Amitav Acharya
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801466342

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The Making of Southeast Asia by Amitav Acharya Pdf

Developing a framework to study "what makes a region," Amitav Acharya investigates the origins and evolution of Southeast Asian regionalism and international relations. He views the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) "from the bottom up" as not only a U.S.-inspired ally in the Cold War struggle against communism but also an organization that reflects indigenous traditions. Although Acharya deploys the notion of "imagined community" to examine the changes, especially since the Cold War, in the significance of ASEAN dealings for a regional identity, he insists that "imagination" is itself not a neutral but rather a culturally variable concept. The regional imagination in Southeast Asia imagines a community of nations different from NAFTA or NATO, the OAU, or the European Union. In this new edition of a book first published as The Quest for Identity in 2000, Acharya updates developments in the region through the first decade of the new century: the aftermath of the financial crisis of 1997, security affairs after September 2001, the long-term impact of the 2004 tsunami, and the substantial changes wrought by the rise of China as a regional and global actor. Acharya argues in this important book for the crucial importance of regionalism in a different part of the world.