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Ashoka and Buddhism have 23 things in common (in Unionpedia): Afghanistan, Andhra Pradesh, Ājīvika, Bihar, Buddhism in Thailand, Dharma, Dharmaraksita, Edicts of Ashoka, Gautama Buddha, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Hellenistic period, Historical Vedic religion, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Jainism, Maurya Empire, Oxford University Press, Pali, Parinirvana, Sangha, Sanskrit, Sri Lanka, Stupa, Uttar Pradesh.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan (Pashto/Dari:, Pashto: Afġānistān, Dari: Afġānestān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.
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Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India.
Andhra Pradesh and Ashoka · Andhra Pradesh and Buddhism ·
Ājīvika
Ajivika (IAST) is one of the nāstika or "heterodox" schools of Indian philosophy.
Ashoka and Ājīvika · Buddhism and Ājīvika ·
Bihar
Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India.
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Buddhism in Thailand
Buddhism in Thailand is largely of the Theravada school, which is followed by 94.6 percent of the population.
Ashoka and Buddhism in Thailand · Buddhism and Buddhism in Thailand ·
Dharma
Dharma (dharma,; dhamma, translit. dhamma) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.
Ashoka and Dharma · Buddhism and Dharma ·
Dharmaraksita
Dharmarakṣita (Sanskrit "Protected by the Dharma", Pali Dhammarakkhita), was one of the missionaries sent by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka to proselytize Buddhism.
Ashoka and Dharmaraksita · Buddhism and Dharmaraksita ·
Edicts of Ashoka
The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka as well as boulders and cave walls made by the Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire during his reign from 269 BCE to 232 BCE.
Ashoka and Edicts of Ashoka · Buddhism and Edicts of Ashoka ·
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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Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was – along with the Indo-Greek Kingdom – the easternmost part of the Hellenistic world, covering Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia from 250 to 125 BC.
Ashoka and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · Buddhism and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ·
Hellenistic period
The Hellenistic period covers the period of Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the subsequent conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year.
Ashoka and Hellenistic period · Buddhism and Hellenistic period ·
Historical Vedic religion
The historical Vedic religion (also known as Vedism, Brahmanism, Vedic Brahmanism, and ancient Hinduism) was the religion of the Indo-Aryans of northern India during the Vedic period.
Ashoka and Historical Vedic religion · Buddhism and Historical Vedic religion ·
Indo-Greek Kingdom
The Indo-Greek Kingdom or Graeco-Indian Kingdom was an Hellenistic kingdom covering various parts of Afghanistan and the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent (parts of modern Pakistan and northwestern India), during the last two centuries BC and was ruled by more than thirty kings, often conflicting with one another.
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Jainism
Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion.
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Maurya Empire
The Maurya Empire was a geographically-extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between 322 BCE and 180 BCE.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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Pali
Pali, or Magadhan, is a Middle Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian subcontinent.
Ashoka and Pali · Buddhism and Pali ·
Parinirvana
In Buddhism, the term parinirvana (Sanskrit:; Pali) is commonly used to refer to nirvana-after-death, which occurs upon the death of the body of someone who has attained nirvana during his or her lifetime.
Ashoka and Parinirvana · Buddhism and Parinirvana ·
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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Sanskrit
Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.
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Stupa
A stupa (Sanskrit: "heap") is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (śarīra - typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.
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Ashoka and Buddhism Comparison
Ashoka has 222 relations, while Buddhism has 308. As they have in common 23, the Jaccard index is 4.34% = 23 / (222 + 308).
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