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Ashoka and Early Buddhism

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Ashoka and Early Buddhism

Ashoka vs. Early Buddhism

Ashoka (died 232 BCE), or Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from to 232 BCE. The term Early Buddhism can refer to two distinct periods, both of which are covered in a separate article.

Similarities between Ashoka and Early Buddhism

Ashoka and Early Buddhism have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Atthakatha, Gautama Buddha, Sangha.

Atthakatha

Aṭṭhakathā (Pali for explanation, commentary) refers to Pali-language Theravadin Buddhist commentaries to the canonical Theravadin Tipitaka.

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Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

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Sangha

Sangha (saṅgha; saṃgha; සංඝයා; พระสงฆ์; Tamil: சங்கம்) is a word in Pali and Sanskrit meaning "association", "assembly", "company" or "community" and most commonly refers in Buddhism to the monastic community of bhikkhus (monks) and bhikkhunis (nuns).

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Ashoka and Early Buddhism Comparison

Ashoka has 222 relations, while Early Buddhism has 51. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 1.10% = 3 / (222 + 51).

References

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