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... region lying to the east of Benares is designated as eastern country ( cf. Vārāṇasyāḥ parataḥ pūrvadeśaḥ of Rājasekhara's Kāvya- mīmāmsā ) . The region has its common bearings on certain aspects like a specific geographic character ...
... region lying to the east of Benares is designated as eastern country ( cf. Vārāṇasyāḥ parataḥ pūrvadeśaḥ of Rājasekhara's Kāvya- mīmāmsā ) . The region has its common bearings on certain aspects like a specific geographic character ...
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... region , the Digambara sub - sect flourished in Bengal . It is probably due to the merger of the Ajivikas with the ... regions in eastern India the scope of interest in studying their religious significance would be revealed properly ...
... region , the Digambara sub - sect flourished in Bengal . It is probably due to the merger of the Ajivikas with the ... regions in eastern India the scope of interest in studying their religious significance would be revealed properly ...
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... region centering round Śrāvasti is an established fact . Similarly , its later development and extension towards more easternly regions including the boundaries of lower Gangetic region is also an accepted view . By the time of Gośāla ...
... region centering round Śrāvasti is an established fact . Similarly , its later development and extension towards more easternly regions including the boundaries of lower Gangetic region is also an accepted view . By the time of Gośāla ...
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A.L. Basham ācārya according ahimsa Ājīvika Ajivikas Ancient Anga ascetic asceticism Aśoka attained austerities Bhadravāhu Bhagavati-sūtra bhāvanā Bihar Bombay Brāhmaṇas Brāhmaṇical Buddha Buddhist Calcutta cave clothes connection devaloka Digambaras disciples district doctrine eastern India faith figures followers four gaṇadharas Gośāla heretical History Ibid inscription Jacobi Jaina canonical Jaina community Jaina images Jaina monks Jaina Parivrājakas Jaina temples Jaina texts Jaina tīrthankara Jainism Jash Jātaka Jina Kalinga Kalpa-sūtra karman kayotsarga king known Kośala Kṛṣṇa large number later living lotus Magadha Mahā Mahāvīra Makkhali Maurya mendicant mentioned Muni naked Nanda Neminatha Nigantha Nirgranthas Niyati non-Brāhmaṇical noted nuns organisation Orissa Pārśva Pārśvanātha Patna Museum penance period philosophy pose practice Pravacanasāra preached rainy season Rajagṛha refers region religion religious Rṣabhanatha Samgha schools sect Shah siddha spiritual Stevenson sūtra Svetambara Śvetāmbaras teachers tirthankaras tradition twenty-four tirthankaras Vaiśāli Vedic village vows wandering West Bengal worship Yakṣas