Buddhism Part 2 stupas mauryan pillars gandhara mathura etc

Question 1

Buddhacharita author?

Answer 1

Ashvaghosha

Question 2

Sariputta Prakaran author?

Answer 2

Ashvaghosha

Question 3

Language of Buddhacharita and Sariputta Prakaran?

Answer 3

Sanskrit, coz after 4th council all is Sanskrit

Question 4

Miracle: Sankissa?

Answer 4

Descent from Tushita after a stay of 3 months explaining to his mother the Abhidama Pitaka

Question 5

Miracle:- Sravasti

Answer 5

Twin miracle

Question 6

Miracle:- Rajgir

Answer 6

Subdued Nalagiri elephant by friendliness

Question 7

Miracle:- Vaishali

Answer 7

Honey from milk

Question 8

How sites came to be known as sacred?

Answer 8

Sites with natural beauty

Question 9

Chaitya definition

Answer 9

Sacred site with small shrines attached

Question 10

Chaitya Griha definition?

Answer 10

Prayer hall+ Stupa at one end * Basically Chaitya+Stupa

Question 11

Gandhara school material

Answer 11

Grey sandstone/Bluish grey Other materials also(stucco,lime, mud)#marble

Question 12

Mathura school material

Answer 12

Spotted red sandstone

Question 13

Standing Buddha @?

Answer 13

SKS(Sravasti Kausambi Sarnath)

Question 14

Sarvatrobhadrika image?

Answer 14

4 Jinas standing back to back

Question 15

Yakshini examples

Answer 15

Didarganj, Bharhut stupa

Question 16

Who built Sanchi Stupa?

Answer 16

Mauryas

Question 17

Shunga contri to Sanchi stupa?

Answer 17

2*dia
Vedika
HCY(Harmika Chatri Yashti)

Question 18

4 levels of stupa?

Answer 18

Harmika Anda Medhi Vedika

Question 19

What outer PP symbolises?

Answer 19

Distinction between Mahayana and Hinayana

Question 20

Satvahanas contribution to Sanchi Stupa?

Answer 20

Toranas

Question 21

What the 4 toranas symbolise?

Answer 21

Birth
renunciation
dcpdhammachakkapavattana)
Mahaparinirvana

Question 22

Bharhut Stupa built by

Answer 22

Ashoka

Question 23

3 themes @Bharhut?

Answer 23

Aniconic Buddha
Sculpture:- GB Ajatashatru meeting
Dream:- Queen Mayas

Question 24

Bharhut further developed by and what?

Answer 24

Shungas:- added friezes

Question 25

Who saved Sanchi but couldn't Amravati?

Answer 25

HH Cole

Question 26

Dhatugarbita Stupa

Answer 26

contains Buddha relics

Question 27

Paribodhaka Stupa

Answer 27

Built on articles used by monks

Question 28

Uddeshika Stupa

Answer 28

Built as token of gratitude on fulfillment of desire

Question 29

Mural painting with Buddha in it?

Answer 29

Bagh in MP | Aichi Monastery Ladakh

Question 30

Basic idea behind Stupa

Answer 30

Take relics of Buddha and build a mound on it. | Hence structure:- relics, mud, bricks, carved stone

Question 31

Which book says Ashoka distributed Buddha relics and ordered construction of stupas on them in every town?

Answer 31

Ashokavadana

Question 32

Sanchi stupa finder

Answer 32

John Marshall

Question 33

Empty seat under tree?

Answer 33

Meditation of Buddha

Question 34

Stupa meaning in aniconic phase?

Answer 34

Mahaparinirbana

Question 35

Wheel meaning?

Answer 35

First sermon?

Question 36

Which jataka tale represented at Sanchi?

Answer 36

Vesantara Jataka

Question 37

Two women represented @ Sanchi?

Answer 37

Shalabhanjika | Gajalaxmi/Maya

Question 38

Significance of Shalabhanjika @ Sanchi?

Answer 38

Confuses people. What does it have to do with renunciation? | Shows influence of Pre Buddhist ideas.

Question 39

Animals @Sanchi?

Answer 39

Snakes on pillars | Other from Jataka tales

Question 40

What are the Persian elements of Rampurwa bull?

Answer 40

RPA ornaments on abacus | Rossette, Palmette and Acanthus

Question 41

Lion capitals@

Answer 41

Lauriya Nandangarh Sarnath Sanchi

Question 42

Yaksha examples in Jain

Answer 42

24 Yakshas for 24 Tirthankaras

Question 43

Which Jain epic mentions Yakshas?

Answer 43

Silapaddikaram

Question 44

Which puja in Hinduism has Yakshas?

Answer 44

Saptamatrika

Question 45

Purpose of Ashokan pillars?

Answer 45

edicts | Buddha life events

Question 46

Similarity of Mauryan pillars to Archemenian pillars?

Answer 46

Highly polished

Question 47

Difference of Mauryan pillars from Archemenian?

Answer 47

Carved out of single rock. Archamenian are done by masonry of multiple pieces

Question 48

Sarnath Lion capital built by?

Answer 48

Ashoka

Question 49

Sarnath Lion built for what?

Answer 49

commemorate first sermon of Buddha

Question 50

6 features of Sarnath Lion capital from bottom to top

Answer 50

``` Shaft(along length) Inverted lotus BHEL and Chakra(same level) 4 lions Dharmachakra(crowning element now broken) ```

Question 51

Origin of Gandhara school

Answer 51

Taxila near Peshawar