Ramagama, Rāmagāma, Rama-gama: 2 definitions
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Ramagama means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India. 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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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA Koliyan village on the banks of the Ganges.
Its inhabitants claimed and obtained a share of the Buddhas relics, over which they erected a thupa (D.ii.167; Bu.xxviii.3; Dvy.380).
This thupa was later destroyed by floods, and the urn, with the relics, was washed into the sea. There the Nagas, led by their king, Mahakala, received it and took it to their abode in Manjerika where a thupa was built over them, with a temple attached, and great honour was paid to them. When Dutthagamani built the Maha Thupa and asked for relics to be enshrined therein, Mahinda sent Sonuttara to the Naga world to obtain these relies, the Buddha having ordained that they should ultimately be enshrined in the Maha Thupa. But Mahakala was not willing to part with them, and Sonuttara had to use his iddhi power to obtain them. A few of the relics were later returned to the Nagas for their worship. For details see Mhv.xxxi.18ff.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
India history and geography
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismRāmagāma (रामगाम) is the name of an ancient locality situated in Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—The Koliyas, one of the republican clans of the time of the Buddha, had two settlements, one at Rāmagāma and the other at Devadaha. Rāmagāma is Rampur Deoriya in the district of Basti in Oudh.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Ends with: Paramagama.
Full-text: Manjerika, Kesaputta, Koliya, Allakappa, Sonuttara.
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