The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c17.34
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c17.34
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c17.34
Thus Mahâyâna Buddhism transformed into Bodhisattvas, to be worshipped by the faithful as Buddhas that are to be, the Devas who watched the Hînayâna service at Kârlê and Nâsik, and at the older chaitya-houses of Ajantâ, just as they had watched the Vedic sacrifices of old. The bright nature-spirits of the Vedas remained for ever impressed upon the Indian mind; transformed into concepts of philosophy, they became the gods of Brahman theology and Bodhisattvas of the Buddhists.