Nara can refer to: Nara prefecture, part of the Kansai region of central Honshu, Japan Nara is the city of Nara Prefecture, Japan The Nara Period of the History of Japan Nara is a major Manchu clan. The Hūlun Four States (Hada, Ula, Hoifa, Yehe) were ruled by this clan. Hada Nara and Ula Nara share the ancestor. Yehe Nara originated in the Mongols but took over this clan. Hoifa Nara came from the Ikderi clan. Empress Dowager Cixi was from the Yehe Nara clan. Nara is

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Nara:

Nara. One of Dharma's twin sons Nara and Narayana, two incarnations of Vishnu.

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The history of Buddhism in Japan can be roughly divided into three periods, namely the Nara period (up to 784), the Heian period (794-1185) and the post-Kamakura period (1185 onwards). Each period saw the introduction of new doctrines and upheavals in existing schools. Buddhism in Japan - Early Chinese accounts. In 467 CE, according to the Chinese historic treatise Liang Shu, five monks from Gandhara traveled to the country of Fusang (Chinese: 扶桑, Jp: Fusō: "The country of the extreme East" beyo ...

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• Buddhism in Japan - Nara Period
• Buddhism in Japan - Jojitsu
• Buddhism in Japan - Kusha
• Buddhism in Japan - Sanron
• Buddhism in Japan - Hosso
• Buddhism in Japan - Kegon
• Buddhism in Japan - Heian Period
• Buddhism in Japan - Tendai
• Buddhism in Japan - Shingon
• Buddhism in Japan - Kamakura to Modern Period
• Buddhism in Japan - Amidist Schools
• Buddhism in Japan - Zen Schools
• Buddhism in Japan - Nichiren Buddhism
• Buddhism in Japan - Timeline

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The Yehe Nara were a Manchu clan who ruled Yehe, one of the Hūlun Four States. Yehe Nara resisted Nurhaci to the very end, but was absorbed by force in 1619. As Yehe Nara died, he reportly cursed Nurhaci by saying that a woman from the Yehe Nara clan will lead to the downfall of the Manchu dynasty. This curse seemingly became reality as Empress Dowager Ci Xi's disastrous rule help lead to the downfall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912. Empress Dowager Ci Xi came from this clan. Other related archives

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The history of Buddhism in Japan can be roughly divided into three periods, namely the Nara period (up to 784), the Heian period (794-1185) and the post-Kamakura period (1185 onwards). Each period saw the introduction of new doctrines and upheavals in existing schools. Buddhism in Japan - Early Chinese accounts. In 467 CE, according to the Chinese historic treatise Liang Shu, five monks from Gandhara traveled to the country of Fusang (Chinese: 扶桑, Jp: Fusō: "The country of the extreme East" beyo ...

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• Buddhism in Japan - Early Chinese accounts
• Buddhism in Japan - Nara Period
• Buddhism in Japan - Ritsu
• Buddhism in Japan - Jojitsu
• Buddhism in Japan - Kusha
• Buddhism in Japan - Sanron
• Buddhism in Japan - Hosso
• Buddhism in Japan - Kegon
• Buddhism in Japan - Heian Period
• Buddhism in Japan - Tendai
• Buddhism in Japan - Shingon
• Buddhism in Japan - Kamakura to Modern Period
• Buddhism in Japan - Amidist Schools
• Buddhism in Japan - Zen Schools
• Buddhism in Japan - Nichiren Buddhism
• Buddhism in Japan - Timeline

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Kōfuku-ji (Japanese: 興福寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The head temple of the Hossō sect, it traces its origin to the Yamashina quarter of Kyoto. That temple was moved first to Fujiwara, and then to the permanent capital at Nara at the beginning of the Nara period in 710. Kōfuku-ji, along with several Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, the remains of the Heijō Palace, and other sites in Nara, received the distinc ...

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Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple of the Hosso sect in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The main image is of Yakushi Nyorai, the Healing Buddha. Founded in 680 A.D. in Kashihara, Yakushiji was moved to its present location when the capital moved to Nara in 710. Yakushiji is one of the places in Nara that UNESCO has designated as a World Heritage Site. ...

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Events August 31 - Paul IV abdicates as Patriarch of Constantinople December 25 - Tarasius elected Patriarch of Constantinople The Japanese capital moved away from Nara. End of the Nara period. Births February 4 - Hrabanus Maurus, German poet Deaths Category: 784 ...

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The Daibatsu in romanji or the "Great Buddha" is a 13.35 meter tall statue of the Amida or Amitabha Buddha located in Kamakura, Japan. The statue was built in 1252 within a larger temple which was swept away by a tsunami in the 15th century. It is the second largest Buddha statue in Japan, the largest being in the Todaiji Temple of Nara. Other related archivesAmitabha, Buddha, Japan, Kamakura, Nara, Todaiji, romanji, tsunami

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nara:

nara - a man

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nara:

nara. Man; divine man; primeval man, human being.

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Naras (Sanskrit) Centaurs. {SD 2:65n}

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Nara (Sanskrit). "Man", the original, eternal man.

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Nara. (Sanskrit). The waters of Space, or the Great Deep, whence the name of Narayana or Vishnu.

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Nara (Sanskrit) [cf Sanskrit nri, Zend nar, Greek aner Latin nero]

A man; in the Mahabharata and the Puranas, sometimes used as an equivalent for cosmic Purusha -- the primordial universal Man, or the hierarchical essence pervading the solar system often associated with Narayana, both being considered as cosmic rishis.

The Bhagavad-Gita makes a poetic identification of Arjuna or the human monad with Nara, and Krishna or the Logos with Narayana -- this distinction showing the same suggestive difference in the human sphere that exists between Nara and Narayana in the cosmic.

In the plural, used in the Mahabharata and Puranas for a class of mythological beings closely allied with the gandharvas and kinnaras. Naras are described as being "Centaurs, men with the limbs of horses and human bodies" (SD 2:65n).

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Nara Prefecture is located in the middle of the Kii Peninsula on the western half of Honshu, Japan. Nara Prefecture is part of the Kansai, or Kinki, region of Japan. Nara Prefecture is landlocked. The northern plains of the prefecture are bounded by the tallest mountains in the Kansai, located in the south of the prefecture. It is 78.5 km from East to west and 103.6 km from North to South. Nara is bordered to the west by Wakayama Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture; on the north by Kyoto ...

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Many Jinja (Shinto shrines) and Buddhist temples, and kofun exist in Nara Prefecture, and many tourists are visiting there. Moreover, many world heritage sites, such as the temple Tōdai-ji and Kasuga Shrine, exist in the capital city of Nara. Nara Prefecture - World Heritage sites. Tōdai-ji (東大寺) Kōfuku-ji (興福寺) Kasuga Shrine (春日大社) Gangō-ji (元興寺) Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) Tōshōdai-ji (唐招提寺) The remains of Heijo Palace (平城宮跡) Hōryū-ji (法隆 ...

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Historically, Nara Prefecture was also known as Yamato-no-kuni or Yamato Province. It is certain that a political force established at the foot of Mt. Miwa in the east of Nara Basin succeeded in unifying most parts of Japan from the third century until the fourth century, though the process was not well documented. At the dawn of history Yamato was clearly the political center of Japan. Due to connections with the southern parts of the Korean Peninsula, many continental immigrants were introduced into the metropolitan regions t ...

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