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Mahinda
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Mahinda ( c. 282–222 bce). monk...250 bc under Emperor Aśoka, Mahinda was charged with the mission of bringing...requesting some relics of the Buddha . At Mahinda's suggestion, Devānampiya...
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Mahinda festival
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Mahinda festival. Sri Lankan festival, better known as Poson , commemorating the arrival of Mahinda and the establishment of Buddhism on the island.
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Mahinda Festival
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Mahinda Festival. Buddhist (Śri Lankan) festival, better known as Poson, which celebrates the mission of the monk Mahinda who brought Buddhism to Śri Lankā.
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Poson
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...island following the conversion of King Devānampiya Tissa by Mahinda , the monk son of Emperor Aśoka . Anurādhapura and Mihintale , where Mahinda met and converted the Sinhalese king, are the main sites for this celebration...
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Saṅghamittā
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...x2013;221 bce). nun , daughter of emperor Aśoka , and sister of the monk Mahinda , she was ordained at the age of 18 together with her brother Mahinda, and, like him, is said to have attained Arhatship on that day (see arhat ). At...
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Cetiyapabbata
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...that came to be built there. It is said to be the point at which Mahinda descended on the island after travelling through the air from India...second vihāra to be built in the country, which housed Mahinda and his retinue.
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Sri Lanka
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...Buddhism . It was brought to the island around 240 bce by the monk Mahinda , son of Emperor Aśoka . A monastery known as the...island. An order of nuns was established at the same time by Mahinda's sister, the nun Sanghamittā , who brought with...
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Mihintale
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...dhapura , Sri Lanka . Its great spiritual importance to the Buddhists of the island is due to the fact that it is here that Mahinda , son of Emperor Aśoka , met King Devānampiya Tissa and converted him to Buddhism , thus officially introducing...
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Devānaṃpiya Tissa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...x2019;. This was a common royal title that even Aśoka had adopted. In the year of the king's second coronation Mahinda , son of Emperor Aśoka, arrived in Sri Lanka at the head of a mission and converted the king and his court to Buddhism...
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Theravāda
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...According to tradition, the school spread initially as the result of missionary activity after being brought to Sri Lanka by Mahinda , the son of Aśoka . The school claims its origins go back to the ancient body of the Elders ( sthaviras ) before...
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