History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.378

v7.c99.378

Buddhism (*vide* under Buddha, Hindus, India, Mahāyāna, Śūdras, Vajrayāna), became a medley of dogmas and was rent by dissensions 1021; causes of the disappearance of, discussed, final blow being given by Bakhtiyar Khilji, 1003, 1030; changes in doctrines and ideals of B. were great before the Christian era and for some centuries afterwards 940–41; *daśaśīlas* prescribed for all priests and *pañcaśīlas* for all Buddhists and both these were derived from Upanisads and Dharma-sūtras 943–44; decline of Buddhism had set in about first half of 7th Century A. D., 1003, 1021, 1023–24, found no place for God 940, Mādhyamaka and Yogācāra schools of, 1066, Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna, differences in doctrines of, 942–43, observance of high moral ideals of Buddha's preaching were found irksome even in Buddha's own life and gradually monasteries of monks and nuns became centres of idleness, pleasures and immorality, 1022–23; three *ratnas* (jewels) of B. are Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, which were compared to glass beads by Nīlapaṭa-darśana, a later depraved cult of B 1073; Vivekānanda's severe criticism against later phases of B 1030, Tāntrik B. repudiates Buddha and introduced into the religion *makāras* and exciting food 1066, 1069n, was a revolt against the sacrificial system, against the Veda and its authority and not against caste, 939, weaning away Hindus from B. was due to *bhakti* cult propagated by Purāṇas, 970, when B flourished large bodies of monks were fed by people and when it disappeared large companies of brāhmaṇas came to be fed 932; works and papers on both Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna B. and on causes of disappearance of Buddhism 942n, 1003.