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Relics Associated With Buddha
According to the '' Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta'' ( Sutta 16 of the ''Dīgha Nikāya''), after attaining ''parinirvana'', the body of Buddha was cremated and the ashes divided among his lay followers. Division of the relics According to the ''Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta'', after his ''parinirvana'' in Kushinagar, the remains of the Buddha were cremated at that location. Originally his ashes were to go only to the Sakya clan, to which the Buddha belonged. However, six other clans and a king demanded the ashes of the Buddha. In order to resolve this dispute, a Brahmin named Drona divided the ashes of the Buddha into eight portions. These portions were distributed as follows: to Ajātasattu, king of Magadha; to the Licchavis of Vesāli; to the Sakyas of Kapilavastu; to the Bulis of Allakappa; to the Koliyas of Rāmagāma; to the Brahmin of Veṭhadīpa; to the Mallas of Pāvā; and to the Mallas of Kusinārā. In addition to these eight portions, two other important r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licchavi (tribe)
The Licchavis of Vaishali ( Māgadhī Prakrit: ; Pāli: ; Sanskrit: ऋक्षवी ''Ṛkṣavī''; English: "Bear Clan") were an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe and dynasty of north-eastern Indian subcontinent whose existence is attested from the Iron Age to the Classical Age. The population of Licchavi, the Licchavikas, were organised into a (an aristocratic oligarchic republic), presently referred to as the Licchavi Republic, which was the leading state of the larger Vajjika League. Following their eventual subjugation in the Magadha-Vajji war, the Licchavis continued to reside in the region of Vaishali. The fourth century A.D. Gupta Emperor, Samudragupta was the son of a Licchavi princess and referred to himself as a ''Licchavi-Dauhitra''. Location The Licchavikas lived in the southwest part of the Vajjika League, which was itself bounded to the north, east, south, and west, respectively, by the Himālaya mountains, and the Mahānadī, Gaṅgā, and Sadānirā rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pipphalivana
Pipphalivana was the capital of the Moriya republic, a gana- sangha of the Mahajanapada period. The 7th century CE Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang later referred to it by the name of Nyagrodhavana. Buddhist texts like the ''Dīgha Nikāya'' and Buddhavaṃsa suggest that Pipphalivana was the chief town and capital of the Moriyas. Location Some say that Pipphalivana probably lay between Rummindei (Lumbini) in the Terai region of Nepal and Kasia in the modern-day Gorakhpur district. The town is identified with Nyagrodhavana (banyan grove), a village in Gorakhpur district which contained the famous Embers' ''stupa'' and was mentioned by Hiuen Tsang. Fa-Hien tells us that the stupa lay four ''yojanas'' to the east of the river Anoma and twelve ''yojanas'' to the west of Kusinara Kushinagar (Pali: ; Sanskrit: ) is a town in the Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India, east of Gorakhpur on National Highway 27, Kushinagar is a Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Buddhists belie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moriya (tribe)
Moriya (Pāli: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of northeastern Indian subcontinent whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The Moriyas were organised into a (an aristocratic republic), presently referred to as the Moriya Republic. Location The Moriyas lived to the northeast of Kosala, from which they were separated by the Anomā or Rāptī river. The Moriyas' western neighbours were the Koliyas, while the Mallakas lived to their east, and the Sarayū river was their southern border. The capital of the Moriyas was Pipphalivana, which the 7th century CE Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang later referred to by the name of Nyagrodhavana. Name The Moriyas originally obtained their name from the Mora (peacock) because the peacock was their totem. History Like the other republican tribes neighbouring them, the Moriyas were an Indo-Aryan tribe in the eastern Gangetic plain in the Greater Magadha cultural region. After the death of the Buddha, the Moriyas claimed a share of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumbha
A kumbha () is a type of pottery in India. Traditionally, it is made by Kumbhars, also known as ''Prajapati''s. In the context of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology, the kumbha symbolises the womb. It represents fertility, life, generative power of human beings and sustenance and is generally associated with devis, particularly Ganga. Quote: The Kumbha: After the ''Makara'', Ganga's most distinctive sculptural feature is the full vase, first appearing with the river goddess on the same Varaha cave frieze from Udaygiri. Although not common in the early stages of the Ganga image, the full vase appears more and more frequently as the Ganga theme reaches maturity. Mythological origin According to Hindu mythology, the first kumbha was created by Prajapati on the occasion of the marriage of Shiva, so he was first ''kumbhara'' "potter". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pāvā
Pāvā was an important city of the Malla (tribe), Malla tribe of History_of_India#Second_urbanisation_(c._600_%E2%80%93_200_BCE), ancient India at the time of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha (Mahajanapada), Magadha. It is located about southeast of Kushinagar in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Possible locations The precise location of ancient Pāvā is not known with certainty. Likely candidates include: *an ancient site known as Fazilnagar ka kot (Archaeological Survey of India, ASI SL.# N-UP-P25), located in present-day Fazilnagar, in Kushinagar district *a large flat-topped mound of ruins known as Jharmatiya (Archaeological Survey of India, ASI SL.# N-UP-P21), located in present-day Chetiaon, in Kushinagar district Buddhist history When the Gautama Buddha, Buddha reached his eightieth year, he felt that his time in this world was approaching an end. At that time, according to the ''Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta'' (Sutra, Sutta 16 of the ''Dīgha Nikāya''), he and some o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malla (tribe)
Malla ( Prakrit: ; ; ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern Indian subcontinent whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The population of Malla, the Mallakas, were divided into two branches, each organised into a (an aristocratic oligarchic republic), presently referred to as the Malla Republics, which were part of the larger Vajjika League. Location The Mallakas lived in the region now covered by the Kushinagar district in India, although their precise borders are yet to be determined. The Mallakas' neighbours to the east across the Sadānirā river were the Licchavikas, their neighbours to the west were the Sakyas, Koliyas, Moriyas, and Kauśalyas, the southern neighbours of the Mallakas were the Kālāmas and the Gaṅgā river, and the northern Mallaka borders were the Himālaya mountains. The territory of the Mallakas was a tract of land between the Vaidehas and the Kauśalyas. The territories of the two Malla republics were divided by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brāhmaṇa (tribe)
Brāhmaṇa ( ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. Location The territory of the Brāhmaṇas was located near Magadha, and their neighbours were the Buli tribe of Allakappa. The capital city of the Brāhmaṇas was named in Pali alternatively Veṭhadīpa (Viṣṇudvīpa in Sanskrit) or Doṇagāma (Droṇagāma in Sanskrit). History After the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was ...'s death, the Brāhmaṇas of Veṭhadīpa-Doṇagāma were given a share of his relics. Political and social organisation Little is known about the Brāhmaṇas of Veṭhadīpa-Doṇagāma other than that they belonged to the . References Sources * Ancient peoples of India Ancient peoples of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramgram, Nepal
Ramgram is a town and municipality that is the capital of the Nawalparasi (West of Bardaghat Susta) District in Lumbini Province of Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 64,017 in 13,137 households. The former name, Parasi, is still widely used. Ramgram is located about from the Mahendra Highway, the arterial roadway of Nepal (connected through the Sunwal Municipality). The roadway is also called Tanka Prasad Acharya Marga. Jeeps and buses run through this roadway from Sunwal Jeep Station. It is also connected through a highway, from Bumahi, a small town connected to Mahendra Highway. Ramgram's population is mainly Hindu, but it is also an important place for Buddhists because it is the location of Ramagrama stupa; the stupa, which was constructed around 2500 BCE, contains one of the relics of Buddha. Every year, about 7,000 tourists visit the stupa. southwest of the Ramgram stupa is another temple known as Pali Bhagvati Temple, which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koliya
Koliya (Pāli: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan clan of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The Koliyas were organised into a (an aristocratic republic), presently referred to as the Koliya Republic. Location The territory of the Koliyas was a thin strip of land spanning from the river Sarayū to the Himālayan hills in the north. The Rohiṇī river was the western border of the Koliyas, with their neighbours to the north-west being the Sakyas. In the south-west, the river Anomā or Rāptī separated the Koliyas from the kingdom of Kosala, to the east their neighbours were the Moriyas, and to their north-east they bordered on the Mallakas of Kusinārā. The capital of the Koliyas was Devadaha, and one of their other settlements was Ramgram. Name The name of the tribe is uniformly attested under the Pāli form . The Koliyas originally obtained this name from the ( jujube) tree because they lived in a region where trees were a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allakappa
Allakappa was, in Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ... tradition, one of the eight republics to whom were given the relics of the Buddha upon his death, or Parinirvana.Buddhist Architecture, Lee Huu Phuoc, Grafikol 2009, p.140-174 Initially, the relics had been kept exclusively by the Malla (tribe), Mallakas of Kusinagara, where the Buddha died, but following the ''War of the relics'', the relics were spread between nine cities or Republics by Drona the Brahmin. The eight other Republics or cities were Rajagriha, Vaishali (ancient city), Vaishali, Kapilavastu (ancient city), Kapilavastu, Ramagrama, Pava, Kushinagar, Vethadipa and Pippalivan. The people of Allakappa were called the Bulayas or Bulis. They were located somewhere in Bihar, in the historical are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
