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A critique in the study of Gotama Buddha’s biography in Lalitavistara and Jātakanidāna

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dc.contributor.author Tongchangya, P.R.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-11-22T09:15:27Z
dc.date.available 2016-11-22T09:15:27Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Tongchangya, P.R. 2016. A critique in the study of Gotama Buddha’s biography in Lalitavistara and Jātakanidāna. International Conference on Sanskrit Studies (ICSS), 04th November 2016, Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya. p 75. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-955-704-006-6
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/15186
dc.description.abstract During the Buddha’s lifetime, it was not important the complete biography of the Gotama Buddha; but after his demise the disciples felt as an important issue for connecting the biography from the fragments throughout the early Buddhist literature both in Lalitavistara (after this will use as LV) of VaipulyaSūtra and the Jātakanidāna (after this will use as JN) inTheravādaBuddhist literature. LV is the first attempt of connecting the life of the Buddha which has two purposes:providing full biography of the Buddha and at the same time elevating the Buddha higher than others beings, while JN was second attempt of connecting the historical Buddha based on early Buddhist texts and post-canonical texts of Buddhavaṃsa and Cariyapiṭakafor the purpose of connecting the Buddha’s biography.In many instances parallel are found between the two texts on the biography of the Gautama Buddhasuch birth,Māyā’s dream, unsullied in the wombs, Māyā’s died in the seventh of Bodhisatta’s birth and so forth.The aim of this paper is to study from critical analysis of the similarity of the Gotama Buddha’s biography between early Mahāyana and the Theravāda Buddhism based on the two texts. In order to achieve the aim, it will discuss the main parallel events of the Gautama Buddha’s biography by giving reasons in the context of Brahmanical society in ancient India and the concept of the development of Buddha concept. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya en_US
dc.subject VaipulyaSūtra en_US
dc.subject Biography en_US
dc.subject Theravāda en_US
dc.subject Mahāyana en_US
dc.title A critique in the study of Gotama Buddha’s biography in Lalitavistara and Jātakanidāna en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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