[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.193 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.193 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.193 - **Language:** English ### [c5.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.193) 9. Buddha. The great success of Buddha as a religious teacher seems to have induced the Brāhmans to adopt him as their own, rather than to recognise him as an adversary. So Vishnu is said to have appeared as Buddha to encourage demons and wicked men to despise the Vedas, reject caste, and deny the existence of the gods, and thus to effect their own destruction. - [Previous: c5.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.192) - [Next: c5.194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.194) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.193) · Pramāṇa