Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India by Alaka Chattopadhaya, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya

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Book Name Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India
Author Alaka Chattopadhaya, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
Language, Pages English, 525 Pgs.
Last Updated 2022 / 08 / 16
ISBN 9788120834705, 8120834704

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Born in A.D. 1575, Lama Taranatha wrote this book in 1608. V. Vasil'ev of St. Petersburg translated it from Tibetan into Russian in April 1869 followed by the German translation of the text by Schiefner also published in St. Peterburg in October of the same Year. In view of the profound importance of the work for understanding Indian history in general and of the history of Buddhism in particular. modern scholars have extensively used specially Schiefner's German translation of the History for decades and for varied purposes.

About The Author

Prof. Lama Chimpa, Head of Indo-Tibetan Studies, Visvabharati University, Santiniketan, is acknowledged as one of the foremost Tibetologists in India.

Dr Alaka Chattopadhyaya obtained her doctorate degree from Calcutta University with her highly acclaimed work based on Tibetan sources published under the title Atisa and Tibet.

Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya is an M.A., D. Litt of the Calcutta University Honorary D.Sc. of the Moscow Academy of Sciences, and Member of the German Academy of Sciences.

CONTENTS

Foreword	xi
Preface	xxiii
Acknowledgement	xxxi
On Typography and abbreviations, etc
TARANATHA'S HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA
Introductory	5
Benedictory Verse	5
Aim of the Work	5
Table of Contents	6
The Sources	19
Ch. 1.
Account of the Period of King Ajatasatru	20
Ch. 2.
Account of the Period of King Subahu	26
Ch. 3.
Account of the Period of King Sudhanu	29
Ch. 4.
Account of the Period of Arya Upagupta	34
Ch. 5.
Account of the Period of Arya Dhitika	45
Ch. 6.
Account of the Period of King Asoka	50
Ch. 7.
Account of the Incidents During the Period of King Asoka	68
Ch. 8.
Account of the Period of King Vigatasoka	76
Ch. 9.
Account of the Period of Kasyapa, the Second	79
Ch. 10.
Account of the Period of Aryan Mahaloma and Others	82
Ch. 11.
Account of the Period of King Mahapadma	85
Ch. 12.
Account of the Period of Third Council	91
Ch. 13.
Account of the Period of the Beginning of the Extensive Propagation of the Mahayana	96
Ch. 14.
Account of the Period of Brahmana Rahula	102
Ch. 15.
Account of the Period of the Doctrine Under the Leadership of Arya Nagarjuna	106
Ch. 16
Account of the Period of the First Hostility to the Law and of its Retoration	120
Ch. 17.
Account of the Period of Acarya Aryadeva and Others	123
Ch. 18.
Account of the Period of Acarya Matrceta and Others	130
Ch. 19.
Account of the Period of the Renewed Hostility to the Doctrine and of its Restoration	137
Ch. 20.
Account of the Period of the Third Hostility to the Doctrine and of its Restoration	140
Ch. 21.
Account of the Period of the Final Activities of King Buddhapaksa and of the period of King Karmacandra	144
Ch. 22.
Account of the Period of 'Brothers Arya Asanga' [Asanga and Vasubandhu]	149
Ch. 23.
Account of the Period of Acarya Dignaga and Others	176
Ch. 24.
Account of the Period of King Sil	196
Ch. 25.
Account of the Period of the Kings Cala, Pancamasimha and Other	210
Ch. 26.
Account of the Period of Sri Dharmakirti	224
Ch. 27.
Account of the Period of King Govicandra and Others	249
Ch. 28.
Account of the Period of King Gopala	257
Ch. 29.
Account of the Period of King Devapala and His Son	265
Ch. 30.
Account of the Period of King Sri Dharmapala	274
Ch. 31.
Account of the Period of King Masuraksita, king Vanapala and the Great King Mahipala	284
Ch. 32.
Account of the Period of King Mahapala and Samupala	289
Ch. 33.
Account of the Period of Canaka	294
Ch. 34.
Account of the Period of King Bheyapala and Neyapala	304
Ch. 35.
Account of the Period of Amrapala, Hastipala and Ksantipala	310
Ch. 36.
Account of the Period of King Ramapala	313
Ch. 37.
Account of the Period of the Four Sena Kings and Others	316
TARANATHA'S SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA
Ch. 38.
Account of the Succession of Teacher at Vikramasila	325
Ch. 39.
Account of the Spread of the Doctrine in Ko-Ki in the East	330
Ch. 40
Account of the Introduction of the Law into the Smaller Islands and of its Revival in the South	332
Ch. 41.
Account of the Spread of the Doctrine in the south as related in The Galand of Flowers	334
Ch. 42.
Some Discussion on the Four Sects	334
Ch. 43.
A Brief Discourse on the Origin of the Mantrayana	343
Ch. 44.
The History of Image-makers	347
On the Sources etc	350
Epilogue	351
Colophon	352
Colophon of the Potala edition	352

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