The Divyāvadāna or Divine narratives is a Sanskrit anthology of Buddhist avadana tales, many originating in Mūlasarvāstivādin vinaya texts. It may be...
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Buddhism. Buddhist sources that provide information about Bindusara include Divyavadana (including Ashokavadana and Pamsupradanavadana), Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa...
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Vitashoka (section In the Divyavadana)
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...
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Buddhism and Jainism (section Divyavadana)
major classifications of humanity.[citation needed] The ancient text Divyavadana (Ashokavadana is one of its sections) mention that in one instance, a...
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Ashokarajavadana, is one of the avadana texts contained in the Divyavadana (Divyāvadāna, "Divine Narrative"), an anthology of several Buddhist narratives...
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North Indian tradition preserved in the Sanskrit-language texts such as Divyavadana (including its constituent Ashokavadana); and Chinese sources such as...
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2nd–6th century CE) contains various "Jātakāvadānas". The Karmaśataka The Divyāvadāna (Heavenly Avadānas) The commentary on the Udānavarga by Prajñāvarman...
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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...
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Divyavadana Dharma (Pali: Dhamma), in Vamsatthapakasini or Mahavamsa-tika, a 10th-century commentary on Mahavamsa Janapada-kalyani, in a Divyavadana legend;...
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for example, in 2nd century CE sources like the Avadānaśataka and the Divyāvadāna. The bodhisattvayana was referred by other names such as "vehicle of...
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