Ratnapasada, Ratnapāsāda, Ratna-pasada: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963Ratnapāsāda is the name of a building built by Vaṭṭagāmaṇi Abhaya (B.C. 89-77) and forms part of the Abhayagiri-vihāra temple complex situated in Anurādhapura.—The Ratnapāsāda, the Uposatha House of the Abhayagiri-vihāra (corresponding to the Lohapāsāda of the Mahāvihāra) was built by Kaniṭṭha Tissa (167-186). Mahinda II (777-797) rebuilt it on a splendid scale, “many-storeyed, like unto a heavenly mansion”: in it he housed a golden Image of the Buddha. This Image and other treasures were carried away by the conquering Pāṇḍyans in the reign of Sena I (833-853), but they were recovered and replaced by Sena II (853-887). In inscriptions of Kassapa V (913-923) and of Mahinda IV (956-972) the building is called Ruvan-maha-pahā.
The Abhayagiri-vihāra complex (including Ratnapāsāda) was founded in March, B.C. 89, by king Vaṭṭagāmaṇi Abhaya who demolished a Nigaṇṭha (Jain) shrine called Titthārāma, built by Paṇḍukābhaya in the 4th century B.C., and erected, on its site, a vihāra of 12 cells.
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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