The University of Nalanda c3.15

c3.15

Hiuen Tsiang's account of curriculum followed at Nālandā—65, Nālandā, a teaching University—66, Method of examination—66-67, Study of Theology compulsory—67, Nālandā, a centre of 'Sky-flower' doctrine—68-69, Efforts made by its pandits to popularize it—69-72, Śāntideva's *Śikṣa-Samuccaya*—70-72, Study of Logic as important as Theology—72, Contribution of the pandits of Nālandā to the development of Logic—73-78, Nālandā's efforts to spread its teachings by composing encyclopædical works—78, Śāntarakṣita's *Tattva-saṅgraha*—78, *Sāṃkhya's Satkāryavāda* and its refutation by Śāntarakṣita—80-82, Importance of *Tattvasaṅgraha*—82, Śāntarakṣita's other works and style—83-84, Kamalaśīla—84-85, Study of Astronomy at Nālandā—85, Tantra, another important item of the curriculum—86, Different views with regard to the origin of *Tāntrism*—86-87, *Tāntrism* indigenous to Buddhism—87, Factors that brought about *Tāntrism*—88-90, The doctrines of *Karuṇā* and *Mahāsukhavāda*—88-89, Earliest work on *Tantra*—91, The aims of the *Tāntrics*—91, Mantras and Dhāraṇīs and their importance in *Tāntrism*—92-94, Evaluation of *Tāntric* culture—95-100, Real significance of the *Tāntric* terms and practices—97-98, *Tāntric* and Upaniṣadic cultures compared—100.