Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c43.4

v2.c43.4

Bodhisattvabhūmi, ii 311 Bodhisattva-doctrine, ii 305-12 Bodhisattva-householders, ii 311-2 Bodhi-tree, bathing of, ii 246 Brahmā, conception of, i 15 Brahmaloka, i 14 f. Brāhmaṇa, asceticism practised by, i 17; Aśoka’s attitude towards, ii 258; dhammas observed by, i 10; schools of, i 10; Suttanipāta account of, i 8 f.; parisā of, ii 210; animal sacrifice disliked by a section of, i 12 f. Brāhmanical ascetics, Aśoka’s gifts to, ii 262 Brāhmanism, among the Licchavis, i 175; among the Mallas, i 185; in Aṅga, i 185 f.; in Kośala, i 160 f.; in Magadha, i 140-1 Buddha, ascetic practices in vogue before, i 31, 97; attributes of, ii 147-8; austerities made optional by, ii 20; Bhaddavaggiyas converted by, i 148; birthplace of, i 93; Brāhmaṇas converted by, i 162 f.; 193; deification of, ii 293; disputations disapproved by, i 127 f.; dissensions apprehended by, ii 7 f.; first discourse of, i 101; first lay-disciples of, i 99; kings converted by, i 112, 165; nobles and bankers converted by, i 113; paribbājakas converted by, i 144 f.; proselytizing activities of, i 116 f.; image of, ii 246, 250, 296-8; Lalitavistara account of, ii 294-5; Mahāvastu account of, ii 293; Mahāsaṅghika conception of, ii 62, 64; method of training of, i 126 f., 134; medium of instruction of, i 130 f.; method of disputation adopted by, i 130; places visited by, i 3, 95 f.; 191 f.; occult powers of, i 121-3; order of nuns sanctioned by, i 179; quarrel between the Śākyas and Koliyas settled by, i 182; relics of, i 4; training imparted by, i 131-4; ways of exposition of, i 124 f.; rules framed by, i 276 f., 125 f. self-culture stressed by, i 106; scenes of activity of, i 147 f.; supporters of, i 113 f.; Theravāda conception of, ii 80, 204, 296; transcendental conception of, ii 74 f.; Buddhadeva (a Sarvāstivādin), opinion of, ii 146 Buddhism, Aśoka’s attitude towards, ii 263; Bodhisattva-doctrine popularised, ii 311; catholicity in, i 121; causes for the popularisation of, ii 312-3; causes for the spread of, i 104-123; decline of, ii 2; ecclesiastical rituals in, ii 276- 82; *pāramitā* for popularisation of, ii 305; place of laity in, ii 206-38; *Jātakas* popularised, ii 299; formation of schools of, ii 16 f.; fundamental principles of, i 248 f.; principal centres of, ii 27; propagation of, ii 270-4; proselytizing in, i 116 f.; Puṣyamitra’s animus against, ii 256; time of advent of, i 104-6