SOME COMMON ELEMENTS IN BRAHMANISM AND BUDDHISM

ॐ अतीतार्थ त्रिपादं च पञ्चबलसमन्वितम् । Aum. Atītārthaṁ tripädaṁ ca pañca-bala-samanvitam पञ्चकर्मसमाराध्यमितिहासमुपामहे || Pañca-karma-samārādhyam itihāsam upāsmahe स्थिरद्रव्यसमुत्पन्नां धरास्तरलनिवासिनीं । Sthira-dravya-samutpannām dharāstaranivasinīmi वन्दे पुरावस्तुविद्यां नरकार्य प्रबोधिनीम् ॥ Vande pură-vastu-vidyām narakaryaprabodhinīm. Introduction It was an occasion of Mantrajāgaraṇa, when the followers of the four Vedic Samhitas were reciting the Mantras. The musical melody of the Samaveda, that

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पुरातत्त्वविद् आर. एन. मेहता क्षेत्रकार्य तथा पाठ-परम्परा से तर्क देते हैं कि बौद्ध धर्म ब्राह्मण समाज के विरोध में नहीं, उसी के भीतर विकसित हुआ — सामवेद और थाई बौद्ध पाठ की एक-सी लय, नगरा की वैरोचन प्रतिमा की अबौद्ध पूजा, तथा देवनीमोरी का स्तूप शतपथ ब्राह्मण की शवविधि पर आधारित। Mehta, an archaeologist, argues from fieldwork and from recitation that Buddhism grew inside Brahmanical society rather than against it: Samaveda and Thai Buddhist chant share a melody, a Vairocana image at Nagara is worshipped by non-Buddhists, and Devnimori's stupa follows Satapatha Brahmana burial practice.

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