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Faxian means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Wikipedia: India HistoryFaxian (A.D. 337–c. 422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled by foot from China to India, visiting many sacred Buddhist sites in what are now Xinjiang, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka between 399-412 to acquire Buddhist texts. His journey is described in his important travelogue, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms, Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Xian of his Travels in India and Ceylon in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline.
Faxian visited India in the early fifth century. He is said to have walked all the way from China across the icy desert and rugged mountain passes. He entered India from the northwest and reached Pataliputra. He took back with him Buddhist texts and images sacred to Buddhism. He saw the ruins of the city when he reached Pataliputra.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Full-text: Fa-hsien, Fa-hian, Fa-Hien, Pataliputra, Mathura.
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Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
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1. The Daosheng’s Thought of Buddha-nature < [Chapter 6 - Further Development of the Thought of Buddha-nature in China]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)