Vajrasana, Bodh Gaya
The Vajrasana (IAST: vajrāsana; diamond throne; Chinese 金剛座 jīngāng zuò; Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེའི་གདན་), or Enlightenment Throne of the Buddha, is an ancient stone slab located under the Bodhi tree, directly beside the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya. The slab is thought to have been placed at Bodhgayā by emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Empire between 250-233 BCE, at the spot where the Buddha gained enlightenment about 200 years before.
Wikipage disambiguates
Wikipage redirect
Bairat Temple
Bharhut
Bodh Gaya
Gangteng Monastery
Jokhang
Mahabodhi Temple
Masarh lion
Pataliputra capital
Rampurva capitals
Sanchi
Achaemenid conquest of the Indus ValleyAncient Indian architectureAshokaBodhimaṇḍaBuddha's DispensationBuddhist symbolismBuddhist templeDiamond ThroneDiamond throneEdicts of AshokaFlame palmetteHellenistic influence on Indian artHuvishkaMajor Rock EdictsMauryan polishPillars of AshokaRajgirReligion and businessThe Diamond ThroneVajrasanaVajrasana monastery
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
Vajrasana, Bodh Gaya
The Vajrasana (IAST: vajrāsana; diamond throne; Chinese 金剛座 jīngāng zuò; Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེའི་གདན་), or Enlightenment Throne of the Buddha, is an ancient stone slab located under the Bodhi tree, directly beside the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya. The slab is thought to have been placed at Bodhgayā by emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Empire between 250-233 BCE, at the spot where the Buddha gained enlightenment about 200 years before.
has abstract
The Vajrasana (IAST: vajrāsana ...... r before it, as they still do.
@en
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
55,049,152
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,018,481,660
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
align
right
@en
caption
Discovery of Ashoka's Diamond ...... umination and the Boddhi tree.
@en
Front decorative friezes of th ...... lmettes, rosettes and lotuses.
@en
Side decorative bands of the D ...... ing geese and flame palmettes.
@en
direction
horizontal
@en
image
@en
@en
@en
image caption
The Diamond Throne in Bodh Gaya.
@en
material
Polished sandstone
@en
name
Diamond Throne
@en
Vajrasana
@en
period
circa 250 BCE
@en
title
The Diamond Throne and the Pillars of Ashoka
@en
total width
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
point
24.695939 84.991211
type
comment
The Vajrasana (IAST: vajrāsana ...... enment about 200 years before.
@en
label
Vajrasana, Bodh Gaya
@en
sameAs
lat
2.4695939e+1
long
8.4991211e+1