12_Themes_1_CH4 Flashcards
Sanchi stupa
Sanchi is a small town in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, India,
who funded to protect sanchi stupa
The rulers of Bhopal, Shahjehan Begum and her
successor Sultan Jehan Begum, provided money for
the preservation of the ancient site.
No wonder then
that John Marshall dedicated his important volumes
on Sanchi to ___________, She funded the museum
that was built there as well as the guesthouse where
he lived and wrote the volumes. She also funded
the publication of the volumes.
Sultan Jehan.
__________in iran,______ in china,_____in greece
it saw the emergence
of thinkers such as Zarathustra in Iran, Kong Zi in
China, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle in Greece,
Name of two sacrifices
Rajasuya nad ashvamedha
kutagarashala –
literally,
a hut with a pointed roof – or in groves where
travelling mendicants halted. If a philosopher
succeeded in convincing one of his rivals, the
followers of the latter also became his disciples.
Chhandogra Upanishad two verses
1.The nature of the self.
2.The true Sacrifice
Dipavasma:
Mahavasama:
a (literally, the chronicle of the island) and Mahavamsa (the great chronicle)
older text of buddhist are in _____
and later is in ____
Pali,Sanskrit
Vinaya Pitaka:
Sutta Pitaka:
Abhidhamma Pitaka:
1.Rules and regulations
2.Teachings
3.Philoshphical Matters
Makkhali Gosala belonge to _______and is a ________
Ajita Kesakambakoin belonged to __________and is a ____________
1.Ajivika,Fatalist
2.Lokayatas,Materalist
Mahavira is also called as_________
Tirthankaras means_________
1.Vardhamana
2Those who guide men and women across the river of existence
_______________ contains the story of a queen named Kamlavati persuading her husband to renounce the world.
Uttaradhyayana Sutta
Hagiography
_____________ is a biography of
a saint or religious leader.
Hagiographies often praise the
saint’s achievements, and may
not always be literally accurate.
They are important because
they tell us about the beliefs of
the followers of that particular
tradition.
Buddha belongs to
1.Sakya Clan
Meaning of words
1.Anicca
2.Anatta
3.Samanas
1.Transient(Not constant)
2.Soulless(Without feeling,warmth, intrest)
3.Who give up world and renounced the world
This is an excerpt from the Sutta Pitaka, and contains the advice given by the Buddha to a wealthy householder named Sigala is about
In five ways should a master look after his servants
and employees …
1.by assigning them work according
to their strength,
2.by supplying them with food and
wages,
3.by tending them in sickness;
4. by sharing delicacies with them
5. by granting leave at times …
Nibbana is
Last wrods of Buddha were
1.literally the extinguishing of the ego and
desire – and thus end the cycle of suffering for those
who renounced the world
2.Be lamps unto yourselves as all of you must work out
your own liberation.”
Sangha is
an organisation of monks
who too became teachers of dhamma.
1.who did the females gain access to sanga
2.First woman to be obtained as Bhikkhuni
1.Ananda
2.Mahapajapati Gotami
_________This unique Buddhist text, part of the Sutta Pitaka, is a
collection of verses composed by bhikkhunis.
The Therigatha
Rules for monks and nuns in the Vinaya Pitaka
1.When a new felt (blanket/rug) has been made by a
bhikkhu, it is to be kept for (at least) six years
2.Sharing is caring
Meaning of Metta
Chaityas
1.Fellow Felling
2.Have been derived from the word chita,
meaning a funeral pyre, and by
extension a funerary mound.
Major Buddhist sites
1.Shravasti
2.Barabar
3.Bharhut
4.Sanchi
5.Nasik
6.Junnar
7.Karle
8.Amaravati
9.Nagarjunakonda Krishna
Some Brave Bikers Speed Near Jagged Karavan Avenues Nearby.
Buddha Born at_____
Attained Enligtenment at____________
first sermon_________
Attained Nibbana__________
1.Lumbini
2.Bodh Gaya
3.Sarnath
4.Kusinagar
Mahaparinibbana Sutta is part of____a nd related to
1.Sutta Pitaka of Theravada Buddhism
2.Last days of Buddha
Ashokavadana, Buddhist text is related to
Asoka distributed portions of the
Buddha’s relics to every important town and ordered
the construction of stupas over them
Anda is
Harmika is
Yashti is
Chhatri
1.a simple semi-circular mound of earth
2.a balcony like structure that represented the abode of the gods.
3.A Mast
4.Umberella
1.How did worshipers enter in stupa
Worshippers entered through the eastern
gateway and walked around the mound in a clockwise
direction keeping the mound on the right, imitating
the sun’s course through the sky
Shah-ji-dheri is in and built by
1.Peshwar and Kanishka
2.Worshippers entered through the eastern
gateway and walked around the mound in a clockwise
direction keeping the mound on the right, imitating
the sun’s course through the sky
