Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c30.70

c30.70

**Tiloshika Vihāra.** Between 40 and 50 miles in a south-west direction from the Kukkuṭārāma, and about 20 miles to the west of Nālanda was the large and famous establishment of the Ti-lo-shi-ka monastery, originally "erected by the last descendant of King Bimbisāra", having "four courts with three-storeyed halls, lofty terraces, and a succession of open passages. It was the rendezvous of eminent scholars who flocked to it from all regions ". Hiuen Tsang found in it above 1,000 Brethren, all Mahāyānists (p. 105). From the *Life*, we learn that at the time of our pilgrim's visit, there lived in the monastery the learned Buddhist doctor, by name Prajñābhadra (p. 106).