The University of Nalanda c24.9.2

c24.9.2

Pandits at, 124, 125, 126, 127; excavations at, 128, 229; the rites at, 128; Ablution of the Holy Image at, 129; Caityavandana at, 130; image discovered at, 131, 132; Buddha image, 132; Maitreya image, 133, 234; Bodhisattva image, 133, 134; Tārā and Hārītī worshipped at, 134; figure of Hārītī, 134; figure of Tārā, 134, 135; Bhṛkuṭi Tārā worshipped at, 135; figure of Vasudhārā, 135; figure of Trailokyavijaya, 136; figure of Heruka, 136; figure of Jambhala, 136; figure of Mārīcī, 136; figure of Yamāntaka, 137; figure of Vajrapāṇi, 134, 137, 230, 234; figure of Mañjuvara, 137; figure of Koṭiśrī, 137; figure of Vajraśaradā, 137; figure of Aparājitā, 138; figures of Hindu pantheon at, 138; figure of Viṣṇu, 138; figure of Saraswatī, 138; figure of Gaṅgā, 138; figure of Śiva and Pārvatī, 139, 223; University of Universities, 145; cf. with Oxford and Cambridge, 145; method of teaching at, 146, 147; copying of manuscripts at, 147; matriculation examination at, 147, 148; age of student entering, 148, 149; a school for secondary education, 149; state of discipline at, 149, 152n; dress of the professors of, 157; meals of the students of, 158; provisions of food to, 159; daily life of the students of, 141; entrance at, 144; gambling at, 164; the find of a gaming die at, 164; games and amusements of students of, 166; number of students at, 166, 168; number of students and, 169; aims and prospects of the students of, 170; aims of the students of, 171; Door-keepers of the University of, 174;