Jambukola Vihara, Jambukola-vihāra: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Jambukola vihara - See Jambukola.
2. Jambukola vihara - Another vihara, with its celebrated rock temple called the Jambukolalena, in the centre of Ceylon, twenty six miles north of modern Matale. It was restored by Vijayabahu I (Cv.lx.60) and rebuilt by Kittinissanka, who placed in it seventy three golden statues of the Buddha. Cv.lxxx.23; see also Cv. Trs.ii.128, n.3.
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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Partial matches: Jambukola, Vihara.
Full-text: Jambukola Lena, Kittinissanka.
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