Srivijayan Buddhism

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Srivijayan Buddhism was a powerful Mahayana Buddhist tradition centered in the maritime Srivijaya empire of Southeast Asia, known for its role in spreading Buddhist learning and culture across the region between the 7th and 13th centuries.

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Srivijayan Buddhism canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist tradition
Mahayana Buddhism
associatedWith Srivijaya
linked to: Srivijaya Empire
associatedWithMonk Atisha
Yijing
centeredIn Southeast Asia
Srivijaya Empire
declinePeriod 13th century
doctrinalOrientation Mahayana
Vajrayana elements
documentedBy Yijing
flourishedInCentury 10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
geographicRegion Malay Archipelago
Maritime Southeast Asia
Sumatra
hasLanguage Old Malay
Sanskrit
hasScript Old Malay script
Pallava script
heritageSiteEvidence Buddhist remains in Palembang region
Muara Takus temple complex
influencedRegion China
Java
Malay Peninsula
Nusantara
linked to: Malay Archipelago

Sri Lanka
Tibet
integratedWith local Austronesian culture
knownFor Buddhist scholarship
maritime dissemination of Buddhism
monastic education
support of Buddhist monasteries
translation and transmission of Buddhist texts
linkedTo Nalanda
Pala Empire
practicedBy Srivijayan elite
linked to: Srivijaya Empire

monastic communities
relatedTo Indonesian Buddhism
Malay world Buddhism
religiousAffiliation Buddhism
religiousRole hub for monks traveling between China and India
regional Buddhist learning center
supportedBy Srivijayan rulers

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Chaiya associatedWith Srivijayan Buddhism