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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Kapilavastu | | | |  Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Sacramental ritesThe three first castes, however unequal to each other in privilege and social standing, are yet united by a common bond of sacramental rites (samskaras), traditionally connected from ancient times with certain incidents and stages in the life of the Hindu, as conception, birth, name-giving, the first taking out of the child to see the sun, the first feeding with boiled rice, the rites of tonsure and hair-cutting, the youths investiture with the sacrificial thread, and his return home on ...
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Gautama Buddha - Buddha's life Few of the details of the Buddha's life can be independently verified, and it is difficult to determine what is history and what is myth. Therefore this article will describe the life of Siddhartha Gautama as told in the earliest available Buddhist texts.
Gautama Buddha - Conception and birth.
Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini, what is now situated in Nepal, under the full moon of the sixth lunar month, in the spring. His father was Suddhodana, a King among the Kshatriya caste. His mother was Maya Dev ...
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Buddhism in Bangladesh - History Bangladesh (historical Bengal) has a unique place in the history of Buddhism, mainly for two reasons. Firstly, Bengal was the last stronghold of Indian Buddhism where it could survive as a socio-cultural force until the 12th century, despite its disappearance from other parts of the Indian subcontinent. Secondly, it is generally claimed that Bengal was the home of a form of Buddhism, namely, the Tantric Buddhism. Tantric Buddhism is a later development in Bengal and therefore it remains to be seen what specific factors are responsible for tu ...
See also:Buddhism in Bangladesh, Buddhism in Bangladesh - Demographic Overview, Buddhism in Bangladesh - History, Buddhism in Bangladesh - Early origins, Buddhism in Bangladesh - Post-Mauryan period, Buddhism in Bangladesh - Gupta dynasty, Buddhism in Bangladesh - Fa-hien's account, Buddhism in Bangladesh - Post-Gupta period, Buddhism in Bangladesh - Pala Dynasty, Buddhism in Bangladesh - Chandra Dynasty, Buddhism in Bangladesh - Decline and Revival Read more here: » Buddhism in Bangladesh: Encyclopedia II - Buddhism in Bangladesh - History |
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Gautama Buddha - Buddha's life Few of the details of the Buddha's life can be independently verified, and it is difficult to determine what is history and what is myth. Therefore this article will describe the life of Siddhartha Gautama as told in the earliest available Buddhist texts.
Gautama Buddha - Conception and birth.
Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini, now situated on the border of India and Nepal, under the full moon of the sixth lunar month, in the spring. His father was Suddhodana, a King among the Kshatriya caste. His mot ...
See also:Gautama Buddha, Gautama Buddha - Buddha's life, Gautama Buddha - Conception and birth, Gautama Buddha - Marriage, Gautama Buddha - The Great Departure, Gautama Buddha - After leaving, Gautama Buddha - The Great Passing, Gautama Buddha - Personality and character, Gautama Buddha - Physical characteristics, Gautama Buddha - Teachings, Gautama Buddha - The Buddha in other religions, Gautama Buddha - Hinduism, Gautama Buddha - Islam, Gautama Buddha - Christianity, Gautama Buddha - Judaism Read more here: » Gautama Buddha: Encyclopedia II - Gautama Buddha - Buddha's life |
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Xuanzang - Early Life Xuanzang, whose lay name was Chenhui, was born into a family possessing erudition for generations. He was the youngest of four children. His great-grandfather was an official serving as a prefect, his grandfather was appointed as professor in the Imperial College at the capital. His father was a conservative Confucianist who gave up office and withdrew into seclusion to escape the political turmoil that gripped China at that time. According to traditional biographies, Xuanzang displayed a superb intelligence and earnestness, amazing his fath ...
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| | | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - History of Nepal - Ancient History Main article: Licchavi
Between about 400 and 750 AD, Nepal's present capital Kathmandu was ruled by the Licchavi kingdom. Archaeological evidence for this period mainly consists of stonework inscriptions, reckoned on two separate, consecutive eras. The former, Åšaka era has an epoch corresponding to 78 AD, whereas the latter Aṃshuvarmā or Mānadeva 2 era reckons from 576.
Whilst most such inscriptions list the dates and commissioners of stonework construction, some communicate royal edicts, religious mantras or hist ...
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Gautama Buddha - Physical characteristics Buddha is perhaps one of the few sages for whom we have mention of his rather impressive physical characteristics. He was at least six feet tall and had a strong enough body to be noticed by one of the Kings and was asked to join his army as a general. Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century CE (see Buddhist art), his physical characteristics are described in one of the central texts of the traditional Pali canon, the Digha Nikaya. They help define the global aspect of the historical ...
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Gautama Buddha - The Buddha in other religions
Gautama Buddha - Hinduism.
Some Hindu denominations regard Buddha as the ninth avatar of Lord Vishnu. Buddhists in general do not consider the Buddha to be God or an avatar of any god, and view such notions as Hinduism's (largely successful) attempt to "absorb" Buddhism. The general decline of Buddhism in India has been attributed to this "absorption" not only of the Buddha as a religious figure but of development in parallel Vedanta philosophy which began challenging Buddhism's philosophically st ...
See also:Gautama Buddha, Gautama Buddha - Buddha's life, Gautama Buddha - Conception and birth, Gautama Buddha - Marriage, Gautama Buddha - The Great Departure, Gautama Buddha - After leaving, Gautama Buddha - The Great Passing, Gautama Buddha - Personality and character, Gautama Buddha - Physical characteristics, Gautama Buddha - Teachings, Gautama Buddha - The Buddha in other religions, Gautama Buddha - Hinduism, Gautama Buddha - Islam, Gautama Buddha - Christianity, Gautama Buddha - Judaism Read more here: » Gautama Buddha: Encyclopedia II - Gautama Buddha - The Buddha in other religions |
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Gautama Buddha - Physical characteristics Buddha is perhaps one of the few sages for whom we have mention of his rather impressive physical characteristics. He was at least six feet tall and had a strong enough body to be noticed by one of the Kings and was asked to join his army as a general. Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century CE (see Buddhist art), his physical characteristics are described in one of the central texts of the traditional Pali canon, the Digha Nikaya. They help define the global aspect of the historical Buddha, his physical appearance is described by Buddha's wife to his son Rahula ...
See also:Gautama Buddha, Gautama Buddha - Buddha's life, Gautama Buddha - Conception and birth, Gautama Buddha - Marriage, Gautama Buddha - The Great Departure, Gautama Buddha - Enlightenment, Gautama Buddha - The Great Passing, Gautama Buddha - Personality and character, Gautama Buddha - Physical characteristics, Gautama Buddha - Teachings, Gautama Buddha - The Buddha in other religions, Gautama Buddha - Hinduism, Gautama Buddha - Islam, Gautama Buddha - Christianity Read more here: » Gautama Buddha: Encyclopedia II - Gautama Buddha - Physical characteristics |
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| | | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Pantheism The pantheistic doctrine which forms the foundation of the Brahmanical system of belief found its most complete exposition in one of the six orthodox dersanas, or philosophical systems, the Vedanta philosophy.
These systems are considered as orthodox inasmuch as they recognise the Veda as the revealed source of knowledge about the Universe, and never fail to claim the authority of the ancient seers for their own teachings, even though as in the case of Kapila, the founder of the materialistic Sankhya system, they involve the denial of so essential a dogmatic point as the exist ...
See also:Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins Read more here: » Brahmanism: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Pantheism |
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Theology The tendency towards a comprehension of the unity of the divine essence had resulted in some minds, as has been remarked before, in a kind of speculation of the origin of the universe. In the Brahminical literature we meet with this conception as a common element of speculation; and so far from its being considered incompatible with the existence of a universal spirit, Prajapati, the personal creator of the world, is generally allowed a prominent place in the pantheistic theories. Yet the state of theological speculation, reflected i ...
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Xuanzang - India Xuanzang left Jalalabad, which had few Buddhist monks, but many stupas and monasteries. He passed through Hunza and the Khyber Pass to the east, reaching the former capital of Gandhara, Peshawar, on the other side. Peshawar was nothing compared to its former glory, and Buddhism was declining in the region. Xuanzang visited a number of stupas around Peshawar, notably the Kanishka Stupa. This stupa was built just southeast of Peshawar, by a former king of the city. In 1908 it was rediscovered by D.B. Spooner wi ...
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Xuanzang - Pilgrimage In 629, Xuanzang reportedly had a dream that convinced him to journey to India. The Tang Dynasty and Eastern Gokturks were waging war at the time, therefore Emperor Tang Taizong of China prohibited foreign travel. Xuanzang persuaded some Buddhist guards at the gates of Yumen and slipped out of the empire via Liangzhou (Gansu), and Qinghai province. He subsequently travelled across the Gobi desert to Kumul (Hami), thence following the Tian Shan westward, arriving in Turfan in 630. Here he met the king of Turfan, a Buddhist who equipped him further for his travels with letters of introd ...
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy A considerable portion of the literature of Vedic times has apparently been lost; and several important works, the original composition of which has probably to be assigned to the early days of Brahmanism, such as the institutes of Manu and the two great epics, the Mahabharata and Ramayana, in the form in which they have been handed down to us, show manifest traces of a more modern reduction. Yet it is sufficiently clear from internal evidence that the Manus Code of Laws, though merely a metrical recast of older materials, reproduces on the whole pretty faithfully the state of Brahminic society dep ...
See also:Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins Read more here: » Brahmanism: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy |
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Caste In India and Nepal, Brahmins, being members of the highest caste, historically enjoyed high social status as being traditionally learned and many for their religious knowledge.
The Vaishya were artisans and craftsmen and later connected with trade, the cultivation of the land and the breeding of cattle; while those of a Kshatriya consist in ruling and defending the people, administering justice, and the duties, of the military profession generally. Both share with the Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far a ...
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism As the language of the Early Aryans has undergone continual processes of modification, dialectic division, and amalgamation with other native languages so has their religious belief passed through various stages of development broadly distinguished from one another by certain prominent features. The earliest phases of religious thought in India of which a clear idea can now be formed are exhibited in a body of writings, looked upon by later generations in the light of sacred writ, under the colle ...
See also:Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins Read more here: » Brahmanism: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism |
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Sub castes
Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:.
Chitpavan Brahmins,
Deshastha Brahmins
Karhade Brahmins,
Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:.
South Indian brahmins are divided into three distinct sects, depending on the philosophy of Vedanta that they adhere to. These are:
The Smartha brahmins, who adhere to the Advaita Vedanta propounded by Sri Shankaracharya. They include the following communities-
the Iyers of Tamil ...
See also:Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins Read more here: » Brahmanism: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Sub castes |
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Moksha Orthodox Brahmanical scholasticism makes the attainment of final emancipation (mukti, moksha) dependent on perfect knowledge of the divine essence, Brahman. This knowledge can only be obtained by complete detachment of the mind from external objects and intense meditation on the divine, which again presupposes the total extinction of all sensual instincts by means of austere practices (tapas). The chosen few who succeed in gaining complete mastery over their senses and a full knowledge of the divine nature become absorbed into the universal ...
See also:Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins Read more here: » Brahmanism: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - Moksha |
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| | | | | Kapilavastu: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - The four stages of life The pious Brahmin, longing to attain the summum bonum on the dissolution of his material body, was enjoined to pass through a succession of four Ashramas ("phases" or "stages"). They are Brahmacharya, Grihasthya, Vanaprastha and Sanyasa. The first quarter of one's life, brahmacharya (literally "grazing in Brahma") is spent in celibate, sober and pure contemplation of the divine under a Guru, building up body and mind for the responsibilities of life. Grihastya is the householder's stage, alternatively known as samsara, in which ...
See also:Brahmanism, Brahmanism - Theology, Brahmanism - Pantheism, Brahmanism - Caste, Brahmanism - Sub castes, Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub-castes:, Brahmanism - The four stages of life, Brahmanism - Sacramental rites, Brahmanism - Vegetarianism, Brahmanism - Moksha, Brahmanism - Evolution of Brahminism, Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy, Brahmanism - Trimurti, Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy and Caste System, Brahmanism - Buddhism, Brahmanism - Charvaka, Brahmanism - B.R. Ambedkar, Brahmanism - Famous Brahmins Read more here: » Brahmanism: Encyclopedia II - Brahmanism - The four stages of life |
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