Asokamalaka, Asokamālaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOne of the spots in the Mahasagara garden, north of the Nagamalaka, where the Buddha Kassapa preached to the assembled populace on his visit to Ceylon. Four thousand people were converted (Mhv.xv.153ff).
Later King Asela erected a cetiya there. MT. 358.
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).
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