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Duchasana. A monastery in Tchinapati. Src: Eitel (1888:55)
I assume the city is the same as Chinapati or
Patti, India Page
World:India:State of Punjab
Lat 31.2808 Long 74.8572
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/23/Patti.html
Input by: tmciolek Feb 27 2009
Full text of "Histoire de la vie de Hiouen-Thsang et de ses voyages dans l'Inde, depuis l'an 629 jusqu'en 645 - Internet Archive
http://archive.org/stream/histoiredelavie00juligoog/histoiredelavie00juligoog_djvu.txt
“De là, ayant fait cinq cents li à l'est, il arriva au royaume de Tchinapati et se rendit dans le couvent de T'o-che-sa-na [Dhouhçasana vihâra?)^o\x se trouvait un religieux d'une vertu éminenté, nommé Pi-ni-to-po-la'p'o [Vinitaprabha] […]” p. 101
"In 633, Xuanzang left Kashmir and journeyed south to Chinabhukti (thought to be modern Fi[r]ozpur), where he studied for a year with the monk-prince Vinitaprabha." - http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Xuan_Zang.html
Firozpur, India:State of Uttar Pradesh Lat 27.8134 Long 79.1982 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Firozpur.html
Input by: tmciolek 18 Jan 2013
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 18 Jan 2013
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Duchasana monastery, India.
lat=31.2808 long=74.8572
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Duchasana monastery - Eitel (1888:55)
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Punjab
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Dhouhçasana vihâra
- T'o-che-sa-na
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 31.2808 Long 74.8572 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/23/Patti.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
- see also Chinapati monastic cluster
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Chinapati (Src: IN Input by: SG Jan 22 2009)
- Tchinapati - Eitel (1888:55)
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 31.2808 Long 74.8572 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/23/Patti.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- [missing data]
12. Date-intermediate
- The monastery was visited sometime 629 - 645 CE by Xuanzang - http://archive.org/stream/histoiredelavie00juligoog/histoiredelavie00juligoog_djvu.txt
- The monastery must have been in existence before 633, the year it was visited by Xuanzang - http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Xuan_Zang.html
- MBM chrono-tag 0600-32c 0633-66c 0667-99p - tmciolek 18 Jan 2013
- 0600-32c 0633-66c 0667-99p dated-x
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
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