Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Gilgit fragment of the Pratimoksa-sutra
This chapter describes Gilgit fragment of the Pratimoksa-sutra located on page 211 of volume Volume 3 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 3 begins with a new perspective on the evolution of tantras, based on Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Indonesian, and Simhalese sources. It further shows that the deification of kings and colossi of the Avatamsaka in Afghanistan, China and Japan are a crucial stage in tantra development.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Gilgit fragment of the Pratimoksa-sutra. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history [by Suma Parappattoli]
The Vyakhya of Nilakantha Diksita, this is a commentory extending only upto the Sutra Ukaloc etc. in the Samjnakhanda. This Nilakantha Dikshita is the son of Vadesvara Dikshita and Kamaksi, grandson of Ramachandra makhin and disciple of Jnanendra Sarasvati, the author of the commentary Tattvabodhini on Siddantakaumudi of Bhattoji. His commentary is elaborate and even in the small fragment available he has quoted more than twenty authors and works including two of his own....
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Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) [by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo]
Fragment of a globular pot of black ware with splayed out rim of medium profile and of medium fabric. 8. Fragment of a miniature dish of red ware with featureless rim and thin profile, of medium fabric showing fully oxidized core. 9. Fragment of a bulbous vase of grey ware with a projected everted rim, of medium fabric and showing semi-oxidized greyish core. 10....
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology [by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri]
Sitting on a buddhasana surrounded by five monks he delivered his first sermon comprising the dharmacakrapravartana sutra. It consisted of the madhyama pratipada (middle path), the four Aryasatyas (nobel truths) and the ashtangika marga (eightfold ways). The Mahavagga and Nidanakatha mentions the episode. Depiction:- A pilaster in the British Museum from Amaravati shows this episode....
Read full contents: The first Sermon or Dharmacakrapravartana
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