- The
Divyāvadāna or
Divine narratives is a
Sanskrit anthology of
Buddhist avadana tales, many
originating in Mūlasarvāstivādin
vinaya texts. It may be...
- full-brother of Ashoka, and the only
brother left
alive by Ashoka.
According to
Divyavadana, he was a
follower of
Jainism and used to
criticize the
Buddhist monks...
-
found as far as the
Ayodhya (the Dhanadeva–Ayodhya inscription), and the
Divyavadana mentions that his
empire stretched as far as
Sakala (now Sialkot) in...
- Buddhism.
Buddhist sources that
provide information about Bindusara include Divyavadana (including
Ashokavadana and Pamsupradanavadana), Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa...
- Ashokarajavadana, is one of the
avadana texts contained in the
Divyavadana (
Divyāvadāna, "Divine Narrative"), an
anthology of
several Buddhist legends...
-
major classifications of humanity.[citation needed] The
ancient text
Divyavadana (Ashokavadana is one of its sections)
mention that in one instance, a...
-
North Indian tradition preserved in the Sanskrit-language
texts such as
Divyavadana (including its
constituent Ashokavadana); and
Chinese sources such as...
-
Divyavadana Dharma (Pali: Dhamma), in
Vamsatthapakasini or Mahavamsa-tika, a 10th-century
commentary on
Mahavamsa Janapada-kalyani, in a
Divyavadana legend;...
-
greater extent for the
Shunga Empire: the
Asokavadana account of the
Divyavadana claims that the
Shungas sent an army to ****cute
Buddhist monks as far...
- for example, in 2nd
century CE
sources like the Avadānaśataka and the
Divyāvadāna. The
bodhisattvayana was
referred by
other names such as "vehicle of...
