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Venuvana (Lit. Bamboo Park.) Karanda Venuvana with a vihara - favourite resort of Sakyamuni (Eitel 1888:197)
Venuvana monastery. Also called Venuvana vihara, in the Karanda venuvana, near Rajagrha, a favorite resort of Sakyamuni. Src: Muller (1995a-present)
"Venuvana Vihar: It is a Japanese shrine where a monastery was built for the Buddha to live. It is said that king Bimbisara as an offering to the Buddha, built Venuvana or the Monastery of the Bamboo Grove. Right next to it is the now-muddy water tank, Karanda, in which the Buddha bathed."
http://www.delhitravelagent.com/rajgir.html
Input: tmciolek, Feb 27 2009
Bamboo Grove Monastery
[竹林精舎] (Skt Venuvana-vihara; Jpn Chikurin-shoja)
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Input: tmciolek, 07 Aug 2014
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 07 Aug 2014
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 Venuvana monastery, IN.
lat=25.0333 long=85.4167
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Venuvana monastery - Eitel (1888:197)
2. Monastery's modern country
- India:State of Bihar.
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Bamboo Park monastery - Eitel (1888:197)
- Monastery of the Bamboo Grove - http://www.delhitravelagent.com/rajgir.html
- Venuvana Vihar - http://www.delhitravelagent.com/rajgir.html
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 25.0333 Long 85.4167 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Rajgir.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Rājagriha http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Rajgir.html
- Rajgriha http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Rajgir.html
- Rajagriha http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Rajgir.html
- Rājgīr http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Rajgir.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 25.0333 Long 85.4167 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Rajgir.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- [missing data]
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- The monastery was established during Buddh'as times - http://www.delhitravelagent.com/rajgir.html
MBM chrono-tag: <=0200 - tmciolek 30 Jul 2014
<=0200 dated-e
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- architectural
16. Additional notes
- final 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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