Buddhacharita author?
Ashvaghosha
Sariputta Prakaran author?
Ashvaghosha
Language of Buddhacharita and Sariputta Prakaran?
Sanskrit, coz after 4th council all is Sanskrit
Miracle: Sankissa?
Descent from Tushita after a stay of 3 months explaining to his mother the Abhidama Pitaka
Miracle:- Sravasti
Twin miracle
Miracle:- Rajgir
Subdued Nalagiri elephant by friendliness
Miracle:- Vaishali
Honey from milk
How sites came to be known as sacred?
Sites with natural beauty
Chaitya definition
Sacred site with small shrines attached
Chaitya Griha definition?
Prayer hall+ Stupa at one end * Basically Chaitya+Stupa
Gandhara school material
Grey sandstone/Bluish grey Other materials also(stucco,lime, mud)#marble
Mathura school material
Spotted red sandstone
Standing Buddha @?
SKS(Sravasti Kausambi Sarnath)
Sarvatrobhadrika image?
4 Jinas standing back to back
Yakshini examples
Didarganj, Bharhut stupa
Who built Sanchi Stupa?
Mauryas
Shunga contri to Sanchi stupa?
2*dia
Vedika
HCY(Harmika Chatri Yashti)
4 levels of stupa?
Harmika Anda Medhi Vedika
What outer PP symbolises?
Distinction between Mahayana and Hinayana
Satvahanas contribution to Sanchi Stupa?
Toranas
What the 4 toranas symbolise?
Birth
renunciation
dcpdhammachakkapavattana)
Mahaparinirvana
Bharhut Stupa built by
Ashoka
3 themes @Bharhut?
Aniconic Buddha
Sculpture:- GB Ajatashatru meeting
Dream:- Queen Mayas
Bharhut further developed by and what?
Shungas:- added friezes
Who saved Sanchi but couldn’t Amravati?
HH Cole
Dhatugarbita Stupa
contains Buddha relics
Paribodhaka Stupa
Built on articles used by monks
Uddeshika Stupa
Built as token of gratitude on fulfillment of desire
Mural painting with Buddha in it?
Bagh in MP
Aichi Monastery Ladakh
Basic idea behind Stupa
Take relics of Buddha and build a mound on it.
Hence structure:- relics, mud, bricks, carved stone
Which book says Ashoka distributed Buddha relics and ordered construction of stupas on them in every town?
Ashokavadana
Sanchi stupa finder
John Marshall
Empty seat under tree?
Meditation of Buddha
Stupa meaning in aniconic phase?
Mahaparinirbana
Wheel meaning?
First sermon?
Which jataka tale represented at Sanchi?
Vesantara Jataka
Two women represented @ Sanchi?
Shalabhanjika
Gajalaxmi/Maya
Significance of Shalabhanjika @ Sanchi?
Confuses people. What does it have to do with renunciation?
Shows influence of Pre Buddhist ideas.
Animals @Sanchi?
Snakes on pillars
Other from Jataka tales
What are the Persian elements of Rampurwa bull?
RPA ornaments on abacus
Rossette, Palmette and Acanthus
Lion capitals@
Lauriya Nandangarh
Sarnath
Sanchi
Yaksha examples in Jain
24 Yakshas for 24 Tirthankaras
Which Jain epic mentions Yakshas?
Silapaddikaram
Which puja in Hinduism has Yakshas?
Saptamatrika
Purpose of Ashokan pillars?
edicts
Buddha life events
Similarity of Mauryan pillars to Archemenian pillars?
Highly polished
Difference of Mauryan pillars from Archemenian?
Carved out of single rock. Archamenian are done by masonry of multiple pieces
Sarnath Lion capital built by?
Ashoka
Sarnath Lion built for what?
commemorate first sermon of Buddha
6 features of Sarnath Lion capital from bottom to top
Shaft(along length) Inverted lotus BHEL and Chakra(same level) 4 lions Dharmachakra(crowning element now broken)
Origin of Gandhara school
Taxila near Peshawar
