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Brewer's: Buddhist
One whose system of religion is Buddhism. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BudeBuddhism A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays
Author:Frank ChinPublisher:University of Hawaii Press Asian-American cultural studies often pass overlooked in a country gripped by black-and-white fever. With a rampaging irreverence that…Buddhist literature
(Encyclopedia) Buddhist literature. During his lifetime the Buddha taught not in Vedic Sanskrit, which had become unintelligible to the people, but in his own NE Indian dialect; he also encouraged…Kumarajiva
(Encyclopedia) KumarajivaKumarajivak&oomacr;märˈəjĭvə [key], 344–413, Buddhist scholar and missionary, b. Kucha, in what is now Xinjiang, China. When his mother, a Kuchean princess, became a nun…Nalanda
(Encyclopedia) NalandaNalandanəlänˈdə [key], Buddhist monastic center in what is now Baragaon, Bihar state, E central India. Often referred to as a university, Nalanda was, from the 4th to the 12…Hsüan-tsang
(Encyclopedia) Hsüan-tsangHsüan-tsangshüän-dzäng [key], 605?–664, Chinese Buddhist scholar and translator. He early entered monastic life and later traveled in China, teaching and studying. Between…Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro
(Encyclopedia) Suzuki, Daisetz TeitaroSuzuki, Daisetz Teitarodīˈsĕts tātäˈrō s&oomacr;z&oomacr;ˈkē [key], 1870–1966, Japanese Buddhist scholar, educated at Tokyo Univ. After studying (1897–…stupa
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Stupa stupastupast&oomacr;ˈpə [key] [Sanskrit,=mound], Buddhist monument in tumulus, or mound, form, often containing relics. The words tope and dagoba are synonymous,…Amaravati
(Encyclopedia) AmaravatiAmaravatiŭˌmərävŭˈtē [key], ancient ruined city, Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, near the mouth of the Krishna River. The former capital of the Buddhist Satavahana, or Andhra…Abhidharma
(Encyclopedia) AbhidharmaAbhidharmaŭbˈĭdŭrˌmə [key] [Skt.,=higher dharma, or doctrine], schools of Buddhist philosophy. Early Buddhism analyzed experience into 5 skandhas or aggregates, and…Trending
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