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  • Lohan (Buddhism))
    In Buddhism, an arhat (Sanskrit: अर्हत्) or arahant (Pali: अरहन्त्, 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆) is one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and...
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    Greco-Buddhism or Graeco-Buddhism denotes a supposed cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism developed between the 4th century BC...
    69 KB (7,723 words) - 05:55, 8 February 2024
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    In Buddhism, udumbara (Pali, Sanskrit; lit. 'auspicious flower from heaven') refers to the tree, flower and fruit of the Ficus racemosa (syn. Ficus glomerata)...
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  • Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
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    subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world's major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native...
    112 KB (10,519 words) - 19:57, 27 March 2024
  • Swastika in Buddhism
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    of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It generally takes the form of a cross, the arms of which...
    175 KB (17,972 words) - 04:01, 13 March 2024
  • Acintya (Buddhism))
    In Buddhism, acinteyya (Pali), "imponderable" or "incomprehensible," avyākṛta (Sanskrit: अव्याकृत, Pali: avyākata, "unfathomable, unexpounded,"), and atakkāvacara...
    14 KB (1,521 words) - 19:10, 24 March 2024
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    Bodhisattva (category Gender and Buddhism)
    In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English: /ˌboʊdiːˈsʌtvə/ BOH-dee-SUT-və; Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व, romanized: Bodhisattva) or bodhisatva is a person who is on...
    106 KB (12,416 words) - 12:02, 25 March 2024
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    not found its way into the Pali canon of Buddhism. This is because Bimbisara was a great royal patron of Buddhism and his links with Amrapali may throw a...
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    Preta (section Buddhism)
    Sanskrit name for a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion as undergoing suffering greater than...
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    Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture By John Kieschnick. Published 2003. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-09676-7. p. 83 The Impact of Buddhism...
    34 KB (3,918 words) - 18:48, 25 March 2024
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    (J.i.329ff.). Is this the Pubbakotthaka referred to at A.iii.345? But see S.v.220; it was near this pond that Devadatta was swallowed up in Avīci (J.iv...
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    historical item of material culture introduced through Chinese Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism. A well-known example is gānshǐjué/kanshiketsu (lit. 乾屎橛 "dry...
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    State religion (category CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv))
    in England).[citation needed] Governments where Buddhism, either a specific form of it, or Buddhism as a whole, has been established as an official religion:...
    129 KB (12,238 words) - 06:35, 29 March 2024
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    Byzantium, s.v. Ōlenos. Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Calyce (1); Smith, s.v. Endymion; Apollodorus, 1.7.5. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Pisidia; Grimal, s.v. Solymus...
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