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    Nalanda (IAST: Nālandā, pronounced [naːlən̪d̪aː]) was a renowned Buddhist mahavihara (great monastery) in ancient and medieval Magadha (modern-day Bihar)...
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  • Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (NNM) is an institute deemed to be a university located in Nalanda, Bihar, India. It was established in 1951 under Rajendra Prasad...
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    home to the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nalanda is located in the Magadh region of southern Bihar. Nalanda became a fully-fledged...
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  • Tibetan sources, five great mahaviharas stood out during the Pāla period: Vikramashila, the premier university of the era; Nalanda, past its prime but still...
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  • university.[citation needed] Nalanda University was established to emulate the ancient university of Nalanda (Nalanda mahavihara), which functioned between...
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    12th. Śakyaśrībhadra, a Kashmiri scholar who was the last abbot of Nalanda Mahavihara and instrumental in transmitting Buddhism to Tibet, is said to have...
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    oldest of India's Mahaviharas after Nalanda and was situated in Magadha. Inscriptional evidence also indicates that the Mahavihara was supported by local...
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    – 1040), Telhara in Bihar (probably older than Nalanda), Somapura Mahavihara and Jagaddala Mahavihara, in Bengal (from the Pala period to the Turkic Muslim...
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    Buddhist faith's institutions. One such institution was the Buddhist Nalanda mahavihara in modern-day Bihar, India, a centre of scholarship and brought a...
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  • Kashmir Smast, Nalanda, Valabhi University, Sharada Peeth, Pushpagiri Vihara, Odantapuri University, Vikramashila, Somapura Mahavihara, Bikrampur Vihara...
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    Tibetan sources, five great Mahaviharas (universities) stood out: Vikramashila, the premier university of the era; Nalanda, past its prime but still illustrious;...
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  • 14 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012. "Nava Nalanda Mahavihara". navnalanda.com. Nava Nalanda Mahavihara. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008...
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    Aulikaras of central India and the Traikutakas of western India. The Nalanda mahavihara was possibly built during his reign. The Bhitari pillar inscription...
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    Bihar Sharif (category Cities and towns in Nalanda district)
    education sector and household manufacturing. The ruins of the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are located near the city. Under the...
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    Kundalpur, Bihar (category Villages in Nalanda district)
    village in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) from ancient Nalanda Mahavihara, 11 kilometres...
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  • July 4, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2022. "Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original...
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    The 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar Shantideva of the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara suggested: If there's a remedy when trouble strikes, What reason is...
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    located in Patna. Nalanda Mahavihara, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is among the oldest universities in the world, situated in Nalanda, Bihar. It comprises...
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    Temple of the temples in Mahabalipuram, 700–728 CE The ruins of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple at the Khajuraho Temple Complex...
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    historic three Indian sites were added to UNESCO's World Heritage list: Nalanda Mahavihara, the Capitol Complex of Chandigarh and Khangchendzonga National Park...
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    non-monastic context, but were later adopted by monastic establishments (such as Nalanda and Vikramashila). He notes that the anxiety of figures like Atisa towards...
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    India Mahabodhi Temple, Bihar, India Barabar Caves, Bihar, India Nalanda Mahavihara (some portions like Sariputta Stupa), Bihar, India Taxila University...
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  • Moenjodaro". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. "Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 July 2016. "Buddhist Monuments...
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    According to Tibetan sources, five great Mahaviharas stood out: Vikramashila, the premier university of the era; Nalanda, past its prime but still illustrious...
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    in South Asia: Education, Religion, and Culture at the Ancient Sri Nalanda Mahavihara. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-5493-0. David Geary; Matthew R....
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    concurrent existence of the Mahāvihara and the Abhayagiri Vihara in Sri Lanka. He refers to the monks of the Mahāvihara as the "Hīnayāna Sthaviras" (Theras)...
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    Kamalaśīla (category Monks of Nalanda)
    Wyl. pad+ma'i ngang tshul) (c. 740-795) was an Indian Buddhist of Nalanda Mahavihara who accompanied Śāntarakṣita (725–788) to Tibet at the request of...
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    " in Upāsaka, Sī Esa; Mahāvihāra, Nava Nālandā (2002). History of palæography of Mauryan Brāhmī script. Nava Nālanda Mahāvihāra. p. 6. ISBN 9788188242047...
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    Bengal, and an 860 CE Nalanda inscription records that Maharaja Balaputra of Srivijaya dedicated a monastery at the Nalanda Mahavihara in Pala territory....
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  • Commission (India). Retrieved 2018-06-18. "Nava Nalanda Mahavihara". navnalanda.com. Nava Nalanda Mahavihara. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008...
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