- The
Divyāvadāna or
Divine narratives is a
Sanskrit anthology of
Buddhist avadana tales, many
originating in Mūlasarvāstivādin
vinaya texts. It may be...
- Ashokarajavadana, is one of the
avadana texts contained in the
Divyavadana (
Divyāvadāna, "Divine Narrative"), an
anthology of
several Buddhist narratives...
- Buddhism.
Buddhist sources that
provide information about Bindusara include Divyavadana (including
Ashokavadana and Pamsupradanavadana), Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa...
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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...
- 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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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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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...
- 2nd–6th
century CE)
contains various "Jātakāvadānas". The Karmaśataka The
Divyāvadāna (Heavenly Avadānas) The
commentary on the Udānavarga by Prajñāvarman...
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greater extent for the
Shunga empire: the
Asokavadana account of the
Divyavadana claims that the
Shungas sent an army to ****cute
Buddhist monks as far...
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mentioned in
Divyavadana about Pushyamitra. It is
unclear when the
Deorkothar stupas were destro****, and by whom. The
fictional tales of
Divyavadana is considered...
