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''Sangharama''' ([[Sanskrit]]: संघराम ''Saṃgharāma'') refers to a "temple" or "monastery." It is the place, including its garden or grove, where the [[Sangha (Buddhism)|Sangha]], the Buddhist monastic community dwells. | |||
Famous sangharāma were that of [[Kukkutarama]] in [[Pataliputra]] and Vālukārāma of [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vesali]]. Valukarama<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100305/page/n205/mode/1up ‘Vaishali’]. An Early History Of Vaisali by Mishra,yogendra 1962. Retrieved 2023-07-19</ref> Sangharama in [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vesali]] was the site of [[Buddhist councils|second Buddhist Council]] under Kalasoka. | |||
[[Kukkutarama]] sangharāma in [[Pataliputra]] was the site of [[Buddhist councils|third Buddhist Council]] under the patronage of [[Ashoka]] <ref>[http://rguir.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/16796/1/9781984667960.pdf ‘Third Buddhist Council’]. INDIAN HISTORY 3RD CENTURY BCE by Theodore Thompson. Retrieved 2023-07-17</ref>. The [[Kukkutarama]] sangharāma was later destroyed and its monks killed by [[Pushyamitra]] of [[Shunga Empire|Shunga]] Dynasty, according to the second century ''[[Ashokavadana]]''. "Then King Pushyamitra equipped a fourfold army, and intending to destroy the [[Buddhist religion]], he went to the Kukkutarama. (...) Pushyamitra therefore destroyed the sangharāma, killed the monks there, and departed."<ref>Ashokavadana, 133, trans. John Strong.</ref> | |||
Other important Sangharamas were Veluwana-arama of Rajagaha, Paribhajak-arama near Rajgriha, Ghositarama at Kausambi, Nigrodharama at Kapilvatthu,etc<ref>[http://heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume7/49.pdf ‘Structural Vihar: Abode of Buddhist Monks and Its Stages of Development’]. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 7 (2019): 772-790. Retrieved 2023-07-19</ref>. | |||
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Sangharama' (Sanskrit: संघराम Saṃgharāma) refers to a "temple" or "monastery." It is the place, including its garden or grove, where the Sangha, the Buddhist monastic community dwells.
Famous sangharāma were that of Kukkutarama in Pataliputra and Vālukārāma of Vesali. Valukarama[1] Sangharama in Vesali was the site of second Buddhist Council under Kalasoka.
Kukkutarama sangharāma in Pataliputra was the site of third Buddhist Council under the patronage of Ashoka [2]. The Kukkutarama sangharāma was later destroyed and its monks killed by Pushyamitra of Shunga Dynasty, according to the second century Ashokavadana. "Then King Pushyamitra equipped a fourfold army, and intending to destroy the Buddhist religion, he went to the Kukkutarama. (...) Pushyamitra therefore destroyed the sangharāma, killed the monks there, and departed."[3]
Other important Sangharamas were Veluwana-arama of Rajagaha, Paribhajak-arama near Rajgriha, Ghositarama at Kausambi, Nigrodharama at Kapilvatthu,etc[4].
Notes
- ↑ ‘Vaishali’. An Early History Of Vaisali by Mishra,yogendra 1962. Retrieved 2023-07-19
- ↑ ‘Third Buddhist Council’. INDIAN HISTORY 3RD CENTURY BCE by Theodore Thompson. Retrieved 2023-07-17
- ↑ Ashokavadana, 133, trans. John Strong.
- ↑ ‘Structural Vihar: Abode of Buddhist Monks and Its Stages of Development’. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 7 (2019): 772-790. Retrieved 2023-07-19
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