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Cawnpore means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismCawnpore refers to one of the places visited by Dharmapāla during his tour of North India. Anāgārika Dharmapāla (born 1864) was a Ceylonese Buddhist who travelled across India and beyond, spreading Buddhism. According to Bhikkhu Sangharakshita in his Biographical Sketc, “he travelled as a pilgrim, not caring at all for comforts, mixing with the sanyasins, ascetics, Hindu pilgrims, and with passengers of the third and intermediate classes, eating at times the poorest food, sleeping at times in places where the poor sleep and gaining an insight into the characteristics of the poor classes, who are suffering from intense ignorance, superstition and poverty”.
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Search found 8 books and stories containing Cawnpore; (plurals include: Cawnpores). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Railway Rates and Indian Industrial Development < [July-September, 1928]
Hindu Writers Of Urdu Literature < [March-April, 1930]
Current Topics < [September-October, 1929]
Anāgārika Dharmapāla (by Bhikkhu Sangharakshita)
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter CXXIII - The king's excursions on all sides < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 2 - Country of ’O-yu-t’o (Ayodhya) < [Book V - Six Countries]
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
Diksa (Initiation) < [Chapter 3 - The Ritualistic Context]
Overall Structure and Methodological considerations < [Introduction]
Bhagavad-gita-rahasya (or Karma-yoga Shastra) (by Bhalchandra Sitaram Sukthankar)