Girnár, in Gujarat, inscription at, 263.
Gotama, the personal name of the
Buddha of this age, passim.
HATTHODÁTA, King, 385.
Himavanta, mission to, 279.
Hiouen Thsang, Chinese traveller of
seventh century A. D., 12, 13.
INDIA, state of, in sixth century B.C.,
16-19.
Isipatana park at Benares, the 'wheel'
first turned there, 40.
JAINS mentioned incidentally, 17.
Jambudípa (P)-dvipa (S), classical
name for the Indian continent, 20.
Japan, mixture of religions in, 7; its
Buddhism not here treated, 3.
Játaka, book, translated into Sinhalese,
398. See Birth-stories.
Jatila, name of a sect of fire-worship-
pers, 50 f.; many converted, 52.
Jaugada, in Orissa, inscription at, 263.
Jeta, prince at Sávatthi, and owner of
the Jetavana park, 62.
Jetavana, monastery and dágaba at
Anuradhapura, fraternity connected
with, 383, 386.
Jetawana park at Sávatthi, 61.
Jetthatissa, King, his wife a nun, 391.
Jívaka, physician in Gotama's days,
19 f.
KAKUTTHA, a river near Kusinára, 78.
Kálásoka, a doubtful king, 289.
Kalyána. See Kelani.
Khattiya, the warrior caste; the
Buddha born in it, 33; claims at
his death, 85.
Kimbila, a monk, example of unity,
163.
Kirti Sri Raja Sinha, Sinhalese king,
367, 405, 428, 430.
Kisagotami, woman consoled by the
Buddha, 59.
Kolita, lay name of Sáriputta, 57.
Kondañña, the first rahat,' his con-
version, 46, 47.
Kosala, a small state in N. India, 21.
Krishnayans, a Brahman clan, 236.
Kusinára, place where the Buddha
died, 77, So f.
Kútágára, hall of assembly at Vesáli, 74.
LAMAISM OF LAMISM, the develop-
ment of Buddhism in Tibet, not here
treated of, 3.
Lanká, or Ceylon, arrangements by
Buddha for its conversion, 310; ar-
rival of Mahinda, 316 f.; subsequent
history of, 338-46, 375 f.
Latthivana, a garden at Rajagaha, 53.
Licchavian clan, 85.
Lohapásáda, the Brazen Palace' at
Anuradhapura, 318, 339.
MAGADHA, principal scene of the
Buddha's activity, 3, 21; the Com-
munity there addressed by Asoka,
273.
Magas, king of Cyrene, mentioned by
Asoka, 267.
Kanishka, Emperor of Cashmere and Mahábhárata, Buddhist teaching in,
240; inspired Parakrama, 379.
Kapilavatthu, birthplace of Gotama, Mahábrahma, head of the four great
Kapur-di-giri, on Upper Indus, inscrip-
gods, 107; men who have occupied
the post, 218, 417.
Maháli, his inquiries, 152.
Khálsi, on the Jumna, inscription at, Mahásena, Ceylon king, c. 300 A.D.,
Mahá Vagga, contents of, 32 seq.
Mahávansa, Ceylon Pali Chronicle, 15;
written up to date, 408. See
Chronicles.
Mohottuwatte, a modern controversial-
ist, 469.
Nága, serpent, savage tribe, 313.
Nágasena, interlocutor in 'Questions of
Milinda,’419.
Nanda, half-brother of Gotama, 59.
Maháveliganga, largest river in Ceylon,
running by Kandy and Polonnaruwa,
415.
Mahávihára, great monastery at Anurá- Nandá, authoress, 253.
dhapura, 319, and passim.
Mahinda I., King, 391.
Mahinda, introducer of Buddhism into
Ceylon, 25; believed to be son of
Asoka, 25; his work, 304, 314 f.;
disputed by some, 322; estimate of,
327; cultus of, 342, 475.
Mahintale or Mihintale, near Anurá-
dhapura, 321; the name not early,
323; earlier called Cetiyagiri, 324.
Mahiyangana, now Alut Nuwara, the
Nandicakka, monk from Arakan, 405.
Nandiya, example of unity, 163.
Nátaputta, an opponent of the Buddha,
oldest Ceylon shrine, 312, 411.
Maitri Buddha, 160. See Metteyya.
Majjhima, one of Asoka's missionaries,
279; his relics, ib., 314.
Mallian Clan, at the funeral ceremonies
of the Buddha, 84 f.
Mánábharana, father of the great Para-
krama, 378; also called Víra Báhu.
Manu, Code, 18, 21.
Mára, opponent of the Buddha, 36, 39,
49, 50, 73; tempts Ananda, 73.
Meghavanna, King, 341.
Nepaul, its Buddhism not to be treated
of here, 3, 327.
Nibbána, Pali form of Nirvána.
Nirvána, passim.
OKKÁKA, mythical king, 236, 423.
Olanda, Hollander, 398, 408.
PAJÁPATI, aunt and foster-nurse of
Gotama, 33, 249.
Pamsukulika, epithet of certain monks,
388.
Pánini, grammarian, B.C. 350, 19.
Parákrama Bahu 1. marks an epoch,
15; character of it, 28; his career,
Parákrama Bahu 11., 394, 405. See
Appendix on Sirívaddhanapura, 487 ƒ.
Menander, Indo-Greek king, 11; iden- Patácára, an influential nun, 253.
tical with Milinda, 353, 419.
Mendaka, a donor who had super-
Pátaligáma, Páli form of the nest, built,
69; disciples preached to, 210; pro-
bable relation of Asoka to, 290.
Pátaliputta, the same, 70.
Metteyya, or Maitri, the supposed Patna, Asoka's capital, 24; date of its
Milinda, Questions of, an
Buddhist work, 353, 366 f.,
419. See Menander.
Moggaliputtatissa, president at Council
of Patna, 275, 281, author of part of
Abhidhamma Pitaka, 282; his mis-
sions, 327.
Mogallána, a Ceylon king, 376.
Moggallána, one of the two chief dis.
ciples, converted, 57, 188.
Piyadasi, the same as Asoka, 262.
Pokkharasádi, a Brahman teacher, 234.
Polonnaruwa, 27. See Pulaṭṭhi.
Ptolemy Philadelphus, mentioned by
Asoka, 267.
Puggala Paññatti, a book of the third
Pitaka, 90.
Pulaṭṭhi or Polonnaruwa, 27, 377.
RÁHULA, son of Gotama, 34; his
mother, 58; his admission to the
community, 58.
Rájadhí, king of Kandy, 411.
Rájagaha, royal city of the king of
Magadha, 21; entrance of the Buddha
into, 54.
Rájasíha, or Raja Sinha, a king of Cey-
lon or of Kandy, last king, 411.
Rájavaliya, Sinhalese history, 341,
487-89.
treated of here, 3; monks and books
brought from, 28, 405, 409 ƒ., 428.
Síha, a distinguished convert, 60.
Síhala, or Sinhala, Ceylon, passim.
Símánaya dappano, modern Pali work,
405.
Sirivaddhanapura, in Ceylon, 394, 487ƒ.
Siva, Hindu deity, 390.
Sona, his dissertation, 149.
Sona Kolivisa, converted, 210.
Srí Vijaya Rájasinha, 405.
Subhadda, his conversion, 81.
Rámañña, a district between Siam and Suddhodana, Sakyan prince, father of
Revata, an Indian monk, 347.
Gotama, 20, 33; his request, 59.
Sujáta, his miracles, 208.
Roga, an important Mallian lay dis- Sumanakuta, Adam's Peak, 312.
Rohini, river near Gotama's birthplace,
SÁGALA, seat of King Milinda, 371.
Ságalika, epithet of a sect, 387.
Sahasarám, inscription at, 265.
Sumangala Terunnansé, the present
'High-priest of Adam's Peak,' Pre-
sident of the Pali Vidyodaya College,
and recognised head of Ceylon Bud-
dhists, 15, 474.
Sumedha, an ascetic princess, 254.
Sunídha, minister of king of Magadha,
69.
Supatittha, a shrine at Rajagaha, 53.
Sakka, or Sakra (Sanscrit), chief of the TAMBAPANNI, Taprobane, or Ceylon,
(lower) gods, 319, 473.
Sákya, the Sakyan clan, in which the
Buddha was born, 20, 33; their
haughtiness, 235; origin, 236.
Samantakúta, or Adam's Peak, 397.
Sandracottus, Greek name of King
Candagutta, 266.
Tamil, people of S. India, invaded
Ceylon, 28.
Tapussa, one of the two merchants who
offered the first alms to the new
Buddha, 38 (see Bhallika), 46.
Sanghamitta, sister of Mahinda, 254, Tathágata, title of the Buddha, 42.
Sanjaya, an ascetic teacher, 55.
Sárabhu, a fictitious monk, 312.
Sáriputta, one of the two chief disciples,
his conversion, 56, 188.
Sasanavansadípɔ,modern pamphlet,405.
Sávatthi, 61.
Scythians, 12.
Sena, King, 384.
Shahbáz-garhi, near Attock, inscription
at, 264.
Távatimsa, a class of deities, and the
heaven they inhabit, 70.
Thúpáráma, oldest shrine at Anuradha-
pura, 319.
Tissa, Dévanampiya, king of Ceylon
in Asoka's time, 315; his relations
with Asoka, 316.
Tissamaháráma, shrine in S. of Ceylon,
433; revived by irrigation works,
467.
Trincomale, Siamese monks landed at,
410.
Siam, the differences, if any, between
its Buddhism and that of Ceylon, not Tusita, name of a heaven, 278.
UDDAKA RÁMAPUTTA, one of Gotama's | Vesáli, a city of the Vajjians, 66; of
two earliest teachers, 34; dead, 40.
Ujjeni, town in West-central India,
where Asoka was viceroy, 316.
Upaka, a sceptical hermit, who met
the new Buddha going to Benares,
Licchavians, 85; disputes, 283;
Council, 285, 289, 297; date of,
305; monks of, addressed, 74.
Vessantara, a king, a 'previous' birth
of Gotama Buddha, 180.
Vethadipa, a Brahman, 85.
Upáli, recited at the first Council,' Vetulla Pitaka, heretical book, 386.
Upatissa, lay name of Mogallána, 57.
VACCHAGOTTA, his inquiry, 174; on
caste, 224.
Vajjians, a clan, against whom the
king of Magadha made war, 68;
monks there stirred to schism by
Devadatta, 66; in connection with
the schism of Vesali, 289.
Vijaya, supposed founder of the Sinha-
lese nation, 313.
Vijaya Báhu, King, 378, 404.
Vikram Aditya, Indian king, 11 f.
Vimala Dhamma Súriya, King, 405.
Vimalasára, Sinhalese scholar, 405.
Víra Báhu, King, 390; also called
Mánábharana.
Vishnu, Hindu deity, 390.
Vissakamma, the Indian Vulcan, 320.
Vásettha, addressed, 162; on caste, Visuddhi Magga (way of purity), a
ABSORPTION, erroneous notion about, Brazen Palace, 318, 339.
Admission to the Community, the cere
mony instituted, 49, 193; rules for,
241; present method, 457.
Age reverenced, 173.
Animals, the lower, not essentially dis-
tinct from men or gods, 102; kind- |
ness to, 159, 193; not really wrong
to kill, 186; not admitted to the
Community, 242; killing, 420.
Art, derived from India, 342.
Aryans, civilisation in sixth century B.C.,
17-19.
Ascetics, other than Buddhist, 41, 50,
55; seldom go to heaven, 206; Chris-
tian, 136 f.
Assemblies, of monks, 243, 437.
Astrology, 70, 379, 390, 409, 454.
Buddha, primarily a teacher of the doc-
trines of all the Buddhas, 31; de-
velopment of devotion to the person,
30 f.; lustre of his person, 41, 51, 77;
honoured by the conduct of his fol-
lowers,79; whether now existent, 431.
Buddhism, variety of shapes, 3; de-
grades man, 215; that of Asoka
compared with that of the books, 267
f.; modern, 465 ƒ.
Buddhists, number of, 5; not so called
by themselves at first, 31.
Burial, 444.
CAKKAVATTI (Sanscrit, Cakravarti),
universal monarch, 289.
Camel, 372.
Canonical books, 282 f.
Austerity of Gotama, 34; repudiated in Caste, 430, 441, 412.
Begging, of monks described, 448.
Biography, of Gotama, whence derived,
30-33; versified forms of, 75-78; of
different ages, 76; a metrical one,
86; in the Commentaries, 354; in
'Milinda,' 372; in tradition of carv-
ings in Ceylon, 308.
Birth of Gotama, 33.
Birth stories, 354 f., 430, 453.
Body, foulness of, 134 f.
Bo-tree, 35, 37, 320.
Bowl-relic, 345, 396.
Brahmanism, perhaps disparaged by
Asoka, 273; encouraged in Ceylon,
390.
Causation, chain of, 110 f., 121 f.;
meaning, 122 f.; little applied to
morals, 126.
Charms, 70; against snakes, etc., 168.
China, Buddhism carried to, 9; inter-
course with India, 12; pilgrims, ib. 13.
Christianity, after British occupation,
respected, 29.
Christianity, supposed parallels with,
35-49 f., 174 f.; real parallel, 374.
Christianity, contrasted with Buddhism,
IOI; on giving, 177; as to the moral
method, 201; pressed on Sinhalese
by the Dutch, 412; respected in
Knox's time, 402; characteristic doc-
trines of, 484.
Chronicles, Pali, of Ceylon, 15; value
See
of different parts, 314, 342.
Dipavansa, Mahavansa.
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