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  • ...t Buddhist villages of Bangladesh, especially in the Buddhist villages and viharas of the Chittagong region, such as, the mela of Buda Gonsai of Thegorepuni v ...
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  • ...on the occasion. Fairs are also held on the day at different villages and viharas; one such is the Bodhidrum mela at Baidyapada in chittagong. [Sukomal Barua ...
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  • ...ndit Abhaykar worked as a professor at Buddhagaya, Nalanda and Vikramasila Viharas. Pundit Bibhutichandra of Jagoddal Mahavihara in North Bengal, translated a ...
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  • ...eology|of archaeology]]. Unfortunately, the whereabouts of the rest of the viharas are not known. The mounds Shalban Rajar Badi and Kachari seem to have been ...
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  • ...e than the pravrajya ceremony. Upasampada ceremonies are held at different viharas of the country. [Sukomal Barua] ...
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  • ...d Atthakatha published by the Pali Text Society of London. More than 1,000 viharas are now registered with the trust. It has a secretary and some employees fo ...
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  • ...ng release from sorrow. Buddhist men and women of different ages gather at viharas to practise Bisuddhimarga. The exercise may last from a week to three month ...
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  • ...veling during the rainy season as much as possible and remain at their own viharas. He himself fixed a three-month period for barsabas - from [[Asadhi Purnima ...
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  • Devout Buddhists visit the viharas to pray and participate in the various functions that mark the day. Buddhis ...
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  • ...rary and archaeological evidence testify to the existence of many Buddhist Viharas in Bengal (West Bengal and Bangladesh) and Bihar from the 5th century AD to One of the earliest viharas in Bengal was located at Biharail (Rajshahi district, Bangladesh). The plan ...
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  • ...ddhists worship Buddha with honey. A joyous atmosphere prevails in all the viharas on the day. [Sukomal Barua] ...
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  • ...on Rajabhata together donated 15 patakas and 20 dronas of land to the four viharas and viharikas in charge of the revered preceptor Sanghamitra. The amount of ...to conceive of a three tier land system in vogue: land-owning monasteries (Viharas and Viharikas), the beneficiaries (bhujyamanakas), and the actual tillers o ...
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  • ...al, cultural, religious and educational activities. He established several viharas and [[Pali|pali]] colleges. ...
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  • ...he development of the present dormitory style through the earlier Buddhist Viharas discovered in [[Mainamati|mainamati]], [[Paharpur|paharpur]], and elsewhere ...
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  • ...ll-tops surrounded by jungles and built there, in imitation of temples and viharas, false tombs and mausoleums in the name of Sultan-ul-Arefin Bayejid Bostami ...
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  • ...reform of Buddhism in Bangladesh and West Bengal. He helped establish many viharas in both parts of Bengal, including the International Buddhist Vihara at Mer ...
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  • ...] and JA Page and laid bare monasteries, temples and other structures. The viharas of Nalanda were of common type. The general plan formed a rectangle bounded ...ny of its structures had suffered at the hands of the 'Turuskas'. Only two viharas were in a serviceable condition, and he met there a ninety-year-old mahapan ...
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  • ...ankar was Professor and Chancellor for 15 years of Odantapuri and Somapura Viharas. It is believed that during his stay at [[Somapura Mahavihara|somapura maha ...
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  • ...According to archaeologist Pareshnath Bandopadhay, one of the 30 Buddhist viharas observed in the plains by Huen Sung in 639 AD was at Shailakupa. ...
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  • ...umatra and Malayasia during the Pala period. The pundits from the Buddhist Viharas of Bengal played very significant role in the propagation and spread of Bud ...atha established at Nalanda for the scholars of that country. The Buddhist Viharas in the Pala empire played a significant role in the propagation of Buddhism ...
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  • ...s of Brahmanic education. Buddhist education centred around monasteries or viharas. The primary idea of [[Buddhism|buddhism]] was to provide for proper instru ...hikshus. The group of young bhikshus lived in the vihara. Such residential viharas were developed in various parts of India including the present territory of ...
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  • ...es and memorial books. Fairs are held on the day at different villages and viharas, including the Bodhidroom Mela at village Baidyapara in Chittagong. Tribal ...
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  • ...ar Rajgrih, about 120 km from Patna. Foreign invaders often used abandoned viharas as military cantonments. They setup their headquarter in Nalanda region and ...
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  • ...ned for the three great Buddhist establishments (Shalvan, Ananda and Bhoja Viharas). Strikingly similar in shape, size, and general features, these are all ch ...
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  • ...o visited Orissa in about 636 A.D. observed how [[Buddhist Vihara|buddhist viharas]] and Brahminic temples flourished there side by side. Numerous Buddhist ar ...
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  • ...30 viharas in [[Samatata|samatata]] and more than 2000 sramanas in the 10 viharas both at Tamralipti and [[Karnasuvarna|karnasuvarna]]. All the Buddhist viharas and sangharamas in Bengal were centres for the cultivation of Buddhist lear ...
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  • ...nd declined under the Palas who were Tantric Bhuddists. The great Bhuddist viharas were established during the Pala rule. The Brahmanical faith revived under ...
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  • ...ankar Math, Dharmo Chakro Buddho Vihara, Koriya Nagar and Sonakania Buddha Viharas. [Jasim Uddin Harun]' ...
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  • ...tral area, it represents a huge religious-cum-educational establishment of viharas, stupas and chapels all around. Together with the largest water tank in the ...
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  • ...Wandering Muslim faqirs built, in imitation of Hindu temples and Buddhist Viharas, tombs and mausoleums in the name of famous Muslim Sufis of Central Asia an ...
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  • ...as and the Khadgas. The number of bronze miniatures excavated from Shalvan Viharas is also considerable. In contrast to Paharpur where the largest number of s ...
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  • ...ittachaitanya-shamanopay. From the 8th to the 11th centuries, the Buddhist viharas were the centres of learning and philosophical discourses. Though most of t ...
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  • ...land endowed as grants to the Brahmans, Brahmanical institutions, Buddhist Viharas and monks, described in detail, reflect the economic condition and the basi ...
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  • Viharas or monasteries, which were centres of Buddhist learning and religious pract ...
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