Encyclopedia - Awakening Of Faith In The Mahayana: Encyclopedia - Awakening Of Faith In The Mahayana
The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (or 'Awakening of Mahayana Faith', 大乘起信論) is a text of the Mahayana branch of Buddhism. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashvaghosha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ashvaghosha
Ashvaghosha: (Sanskrit) Buddhist scholar, pantheist philosopher (ca 80 bce150 ce), and one of the great poets of Indian history. A pri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashvaghosha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ashvaghosha
Ashvaghosha: (Sanskrit) Buddhist scholar, pantheist philosopher (ca 80 bce150 ce), and one of the great poets of Indian history. A princ...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Texts
There are a great variety of Buddhist texts. Buddhists place varying value on them: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to d...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Hinduism Lexicon On A
Hinduism Lexicon on A From aadheenam to axis.      » Read the article

Article - Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived in what is now Northern India ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanishka: Encyclopedia - Kanishka
Kanishka was a king of the Kushan Empire in South Asia, in the 2nd century of the common era, famous for his military, political, and spi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts
There are a great variety of Buddhist texts. Buddhists place varying value on them: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Buddhism
Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. Hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Awakening Of Faith In The Mahayana: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Awakening Of Faith In The Mahayana
Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, The (Jpn.: Daijo-kishin-ron; Chin.: Ta-ch'eng-ch'i-hsin-lun)   Abbreviated as Awakening of Fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of People From Bihar: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of People From Bihar - Movies
List of people from Bihar - Directors. Prakash Jha Manjul Sinha Karan Anshuman List of people from Bihar - Actors. Shatrughan Sinh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of People From Bihar: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of People From Bihar - Politics
List of people from Bihar - Freedom Fighters. Dr Rajendra Prasad Jayaprakash Narayan Braj Kishore Prasad Satyendra Narayan Sinha Raj K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Patna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Patna - The Mauryas
With the rise of the Mauryan empire (321 BC-185 BC), Patna, then called Pataliputra became the seat of power and nerve center of the Indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanishka: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanishka - A Great Kushan King
Kanishka was a Kushan of Yuezhi ethnicity. He probably spoke an Indo-European language related to Tocharian, and he used the Greek script...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Literature - Hindi Literature
Hindi literature started as religious and philosophical poetry in medieval periods in dialects like Avadhi and Brij. The most famous figu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanishka: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanishka - Kanishka And Buddhism
Kanishka's reputation in Buddhist tradition is based mainly on his having convened the 4th Buddhist Council in Kashmir. This council is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Patna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Patna - The Nawabs
With the decline of Mughal empire, Patna moved into the hands of the Nawabs of Bengal, who levied a heavy tax on the populace but allowed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanishka: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanishka - Conquests In India And Central Asia
Kanishka's empire was certainly vast. It extended from the Oxus in the west to Varanasi and Mathura in the east and from Kashmir in the N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Patna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Patna - The Name
Etymologically, Patna derives its name from the word Pattan, which means port in Sanskrit. It may be indicative of the location of this p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kanishka: Encyclopedia Ii - Kanishka - Kanishka's Coinage
Kanishka's coins show Hindu, Buddhist, Greek, Persian and even Sumerian-Elamite images of gods. They are demonstrative of religious syncr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Patna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Patna - The Company Rule
After the Battle of Buxar, 1764, the Mughals as well as the Nawabs of Bengal lost effective control over the territories then constitutin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Mahayana Texts
See Mahayana Sutras for a list of sutras categorised by source, without discussion. Buddhist texts - Perfection of Wisdom Texts. Deal w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Patna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Patna - Prelude
Patna, by its current name or any other name, finds no mention in the ancient Indian texts like the Vedas and the Puranas, or the Ramayan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Patna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Patna - The Sultanate
With the disintegration of the Gupta empire, and continuous invasions of the Indian subcontinent by foreign armies, Patna passed through ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Patna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Patna - The Mughals
The Mughal period was a period of unremarkable provincial administration from Delhi. The most remarkable period of these times was under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Literature - Indian Writing In English
In the last century, several Indian writers have distinguished themselves not only in traditional Indian languages but also in English. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Non-canonical Texts
Non or semi-canonical texts have been important from very early in Buddhism. Extensive commentaries exist in Pali for the Pali Canon and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Patna: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Patna - The British Raj
Under the British Raj, Patna gradually started to attain its lost glory and emerged as an important and strategic centre of learning and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Canonical Texts
These are, in some way or other, texts associated with Gautama, the historical Buddha. Different schools, however, are not always in agre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Vajrayana Texts
Buddhist texts - Buddhist tantras. The canon of the Vajrayana schools includes a number of Nikaya-related texts from a number of the sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Texts Of The Nikaya Schools
There is some dispute over what to call the more conservative stratum of Buddhist schools and the texts associated with them. The most wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhism After The Buddha
Buddhism spread slowly in India until the powerful Mauryan emperor Ashoka converted to it and actively supported it. His promotion led to...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Hinduism Sitemap I - A
This is a sitemap for topic pages related to Hinduism. Click on a link and you will find multiple articles related to the topic:  ...   » Read the article