Thinkers, Beliefs And Builders Flashcards
When was the Rigveda composed
C. 1500 to 1000 BCE
Source of early Vedic traditions
Rigveda
What does Rigveda consist of?
Consist of hymns in praise of a variety of deities, especially Agni, Indra and Soma.
Many of these hymns were started when sacrifices were performed
how many sects or schools of thought do Buddhist texts mention?
64
Where did Buddhist debate take place
Kutagarashala ( literally a hut with a pointed roof )
Or in grooves where travelling mendicants halted
Who produced some of the earliest stone sculptures associated with religious traditions?
Devotees of the Jaina tirthankaras
Who are Tirthankaras
They were Jaina teachers; literally those who guide men and women across the river of existence
Ajivikas
They were fatalists , I.e those who believe everything is predetermined
Lokayatas
Materialists
Humans is made of 4 elements and returns to those upon death
Hagiography
Biography of a saint or religious leader
What is Nibbana
Literally, the extinguishing of the ego and desire
What were Buddha’s last words to his followers?
The lamps unto yourselves as all of you must work out your own liberation
What is the Sangha
An Organisation of Monks who too became teachers of Dhamma
Who persuaded Buddha to allow women in the Sangha
Ananda, one of Buddha’s dearest disciples
Who was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni?
Mahapajapati Gotami ( Buddha’s foster mother)
