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Lama Taranatha

3 articles in the archive discuss Lama Taranatha, from The Indian Historical Quarterly, Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology (1940–2005). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

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Articles discussing Lama Taranatha

  1. Lama Taranatha’s Account of Bengal

    Ramesh Chandra Majumdar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940

    “The Tibetan historian Lama Taranatha was botn in 1573 A.D. and - completed his famous work History of Buddhism in India in the year 1608 A.D.”
  2. References to Paintings in the Kuvalayamālā

    Ram Vallabh Somani · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1997

    “A Buddhist writer Lama Taranatha describes that the old Western school of art was developed by an artist-Srmgadhar, under the patronage of King Sila of Maru!—country.”
  3. Position of the Nirgranthas (Jainas) in Bengal during the period of \Matsyanyāya" or "The Anarchy""

    Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2005

    “In this context Lama Taranatha’s observation is worth quoting: “In odivisa, in Bengal and the other five provineces of the East, each Ksatriya, Brahmana and merchant constituted himself a king of his surroundings, but there was no king ruling in the country” (Indian Antiquary, Vol : IV, p. 365 ff.)°.”