'Kathina ceremony' of Buddhist samgha was related to
Distribution of robes
Distribution of robes. Kathina is the special offering and communal allocation of robe cloth associated with the month following the three-month rains retreat. It brings particular Vinaya privileges to an eligible community. Ordinary robe donations can occur at other times too.
Important Questions from Emergence of heterodox sects - Teaching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues the fifteenth-century folio King Siddharta Being Anointed from a Kalpasutra manuscript as belonging to which Indian region?
Match the Jain terms with their appropriate meanings.
List I
(a) Bhattaraka
(b) Kshullaka
(c) Shravaka
(d) Yati
List II
(i) A general term for an ascetic
(ii) A lay Jain follower
(iii) A traditional head of a Digambara religious establishment
(iv) A junior stage of Digambara ascetic initiation
Choose the correct matching.In Shravasti, Makkali Gosala usually stayed at the workshop of the lady Halahala who belonged to community of
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the
Assertion (A): Gautama Buddha believed in rebirth.
Reason (R) : He did not accept the existence of the permanent soul.
The main dispute between the Digambara and the Shvetambara sects was due to the emphasis on the following:
