Pandit Vihara is a Buddhist vihara of ancient Bengal called Chaityabhumi now known as Chittagong in Bangladesh.[1][2] The site is located in Anwara Upazila near the city of Chittagong, and was a centre of learning from the fifth century CE to c. 1200 CE. The institution was one of the four prestigious universities and Buddhist monasteries of ancient India.
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PanditVihara is a Buddhist vihara of ancient Bengal called Chaityabhumi now known as Chittagong in Bangladesh. The site is located in Anwara Upazila near...
When the decline of Nalanda University began in the sixth century, PanditVihara was established in Chittagong in the tenth century. Where Buddhist scholars...
of ancient Buddhist viharas and archeological sites in Bangladesh. "Buddhist Vihara - Banglapedia". Jha, Amit (29 May 2015). Viharas in Early Medieval Eastern...
Sharada Peeth is one of the three holiest sites of pilgrimage for Kashmiri Pandits, alongside the Martand Sun Temple and the Amarnath Temple. Sharada Peeth...
erected the first vihāras there. One of these, known as Narendrabhavana, was in the city of Sauraka (Suru, beyond the Zoji La.) The other vihāra was at Saurasa...
marshy land. It has the main features of a Vihara (temple), the Cetiya (Pagada) the Bodhitree, the Vihara Mandiraya, the Seema malaka (assembly hall for...
Base remains of two temples have been exposed. Totaram Panditer Dhap: Situated in the village Vihara, about 6 km north-west of the citadel. Structural remains...
century, the Buddhist teacher Atisha (980–1054) came to the Krishnagiri Vihara to study Buddhist meditation under Rahulagupta. Nearly 51 legible inscriptions...
Mother, upon her 90th birth anniversary in 1990. Phra Sri Ariya Metteyya Vihara, featuring a Jaturamuk style hall with an Ariya Metteyya Buddha image. The...
revealed in 1952 by G. R. Josyer, according to whom it was written by one Pandit Subbaraya Shastry, who dictated it in 1918–1923. A Hindi translation was...
Buddhism in the 10th century. Taranatha mentions a monastery named Pinda-Vihara at Chittagong where the custom of wearing pointed caps originated. The scholar...
Chudamani Vihara, a Buddhist monastery, was constructed in the 11th century CE in Nagapattinam. It was named Chudamani or Chulamani Vihara after King...
Bodhimanda Vihara. Among those present at the foundation Kattika the Mahā Thūpa are mentioned thirty thousand monks from the Bodhimanda Vihara, led by Cittagutta...
include: Rajatarangini: The Saga of the Kings of Kashmir by Ranjit Sitaram Pandit (The Indian Press, Allahabad; 1935) Kings of Kashmira (1879) by Jogesh Chandra...
however also allowed Buddhism to flourish under them. Stupa, Chaitya and Vihara can be found in the ruins of their capital. Martand Sun Temple in the Anantnag...
Science: Kanada – Discoverer of the Atom". 18 February 2021. (WebMaster), Pandit Gopaldasji Baraiya, Rajesh Shah. "Principles of Jainism (Laghu Jain Siddhant...
Pali term for a great vihāra (centre of learning or Buddhist monastery) and is used to describe a monastic complex of viharas. According to the early...
Golden Chimes, Los Flamingos, Sunflowers (band), The Gypsies, and even Pandit W. D. Amaradeva. Moratuwa has produced a large number of these artists and...
and Pali word vihāra (Devanagari: विहार), meaning "abode". The region roughly encompassing the present state had many Buddhist vihāras, the abodes of...
15-foot statue of Buddha seated in a preaching pose. Cave 10 combines a vihara with a chapel-like worship hall that has eight subsidiary cells, four in...
latest understanding of the teaching. The two pandits began by establishing Samye as the first vihara in Tibet. Several Tibetans were eventually initiated...
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