Buddhist Councils

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:fifthCouncilDate 1871 CE
gptkbp:fifthCouncilHeldIn gptkb:Mandalay
gptkbp:fifthCouncilTradition gptkb:Theravada
gptkbp:firstCouncilDate circa 483 BCE
gptkbp:firstCouncilHeldIn gptkb:Rajgir
gptkbp:firstCouncilPresidedBy gptkb:Mahakasyapa
gptkbp:firstCouncilPurpose recitation and preservation of Buddha's teachings
gptkbp:fourthCouncilDate circa 1st century CE
gptkbp:fourthCouncilHeldIn gptkb:Kashmir
gptkbp:fourthCouncilPatron gptkb:Kanishka_I
gptkbp:fourthCouncilTradition gptkb:Sarvastivada
gptkbp:influenced Buddhist canon formation
Buddhist sectarianism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Pali
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Prakrit
gptkbp:numberOfFloors six
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Buddhist_monk
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:secondCouncilDate circa 383 BCE
gptkbp:secondCouncilHeldIn gptkb:Vaishali
gptkbp:secondCouncilPurpose resolve monastic disputes
gptkbp:significance preservation of Buddhist scriptures
gptkbp:sixthCouncilDate 1954-1956 CE
gptkbp:sixthCouncilHeldIn Yangon
gptkbp:sixthCouncilPurpose recitation and preservation of Pali Canon
gptkbp:sixthCouncilTradition gptkb:Theravada
gptkbp:thirdCouncilDate circa 250 BCE
gptkbp:thirdCouncilHeldIn gptkb:Pataliputra
gptkbp:thirdCouncilPatron gptkb:Emperor_Ashoka
gptkbp:thirdCouncilPresidedBy gptkb:Moggaliputta_Tissa
gptkbp:thirdCouncilPurpose purification of the Sangha
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ashoka
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
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