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Major vihara appointed a vihara-pala, the one who managed the vihara, settled disputes, determined sangha's consent and rules, and forced those hold-outs to this consensus. [30] Three early influential monastic fraternities are traceable in Buddhist history. [31] The Mahavihara established by Mahinda was the oldest.
The term "Abhayagiri Vihara" refers not only to the complex of monastic buildings, but also to a fraternity of Buddhist monks, or Sangha, which maintained its own historical records, traditions and way of life. Founded in the 2nd century BC, it had grown into an international institution by the 1st century AD, attracting scholars from distant ...
Uttar-Vihara, also called Abhayagiri Vihara [1] [2] was a famous vihara in the ancient capital of Sri Lanka. [3] This Vihara was one of the 4 Vihara built during the reign of King Tishya, which was also called the "Vihara of the North". [4] One of the famous Atthakatha, Uttaravihara Atthakatha and Uttaravihara Mahavamsa were written here. [5] [6]
Somapura Mahavihara (Bengali: সোমপুর মহাবিহার, romanized: Shompur Môhabihar) or Paharpur Buddhist Vihara (Bengali: পাহাড়পুর বৌদ্ধ বিহার, romanized: Pāhāṛpur baud'dha bihār) in Paharpur, Badalgachhi, Naogaon, Bangladesh is among the best known Buddhist viharas or monasteries in the Indian Subcontinent and is one of the ...
A Buddhist text Nikayasamgraha does state that emperor Ashoka established a vihara (monastery) at Nalanda. However, archaeological excavations so far have not yielded any monuments from Ashoka period or from another 600 years after his death. [15] [50]
Odantapuri, also called Odantapura or Uddandapura, was a Buddhist vihara in what is now Bihar, India. It was established by King Gopala of the Pala dynasty in the 7th century. It is considered the second oldest of India's universities and was situated in Magadh. Currently it is known as the Bihar Sharif city (Headquarters of Nalanda District).
The history of Buddhism can be traced back to the 5th century BCE. Buddhism originated from Ancient India, ... a Theravada Buddhist vihara in Berlin, Germany. It is ...
Śākyaśribhadra, a Kashmiri scholar who was an abbot of Nalanda Mahavihara and instrumental in transmitting Buddhism to Tibet, is said to have fled to Tibet in 1204 from Jagaddala when Muslim incursions seemed imminent. Historian Sukumar Dutt tentatively placed the final destruction of Jagaddala to 1207; in any case it seems to have been the ...