Buddhist Learning in South Asia
Buddhist Learning in South Asia

Author: Pintu Kumar

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2018-05-07

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1498554938

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This interdisciplinary study is the first book to provide a complete survey of Śrī Nālandā Mahāvihāra from the perspective of its educational curricula as well as its religious influence. It provides detailed descriptions of the origin, growth, management, and academic and cultural life of Nālandā, with particular attention to its pedagogy, curriculum, teachers, and students. It also presents an alternative interpretation of nationalist and popular notions about Śrī Nālandā as an international university and proves that it was, at its core, a Buddhist monastery and an institution of Buddhist learning focused on the study and promotion of Buddhism.

佛学之光 : 印度, 中国和东南亚的佛教传承
佛学之光 : 印度, 中国和东南亚的佛教传承

Author: Gauri Parimoo Krishnan

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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This book documents the exhibition On the Nalanda Trail: Buddhism in India, China and Southeast Asia organised by the Asian Civilisations Museum.It highlights some of the significant landmarks in Buddhist history, through the travel records of the monks Faxian, Xuan Zang, and Yijing. The book also explores the spread of Buddhism and Buddhist art at centres such as Nalanda in eastern India. These centres were visited by many pilgrims and scholars from all over the Asian world. Illustrated here in this catalogue are rare examples of Tang sutras sculptures and silk paintings from Dunhuang, Mathura, Nalanda, and Sarnath in India and from Sri Lanka; and votive tablets and bronzes from Srivijaya in Southeast Asia - some for the first time.

Buddhism and Literature
Buddhism and Literature

Author: Rabindra Panth

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13:

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Contributed articles presented at the International Seminar on "Buddhism and Literature" organised by Nava Nalanda Mahavihara from February 12 to 14, 2002.

Celebrating Bihar
Celebrating Bihar

Author: Nishant Tiwary

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780198098836

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Highlighting the legacy of Nalanda, the home of the world's first residential university (c. AD 450), this book celebrates the state of Bihar that completed its centenary in 2012. It narrates the story of the confluence of many belief systems- Buddhism, Jainism, Sufism, and Hinduism-and showcases the heritage of Nalanda. Affording insights into archaeological sites, such as the ruins of Nalanda University, Ashokan stupas at Girijak, the Cyclopean walls, the Swarna Bhandar, the Maniyar Math, Jarasandh ka Akhada [Banquet Hall of King Jarasandh], King Bimbisara's Jail, Teladhaka monastery, and the antiquities found in the village Jiar among others, the work provides a comprehensive picture of Nalanda and its surroundings. With around 160 colour photographs melding into one another, the volume creates a rare visual continuity perhaps experienced only in motion pictures.